Man surfing: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a dark skin tone riding a surfboard over a stylized blue wave. He is shown mid-action, balancing on the board while catching a swell.

Usage Context

Used to discuss beach trips, water sports, or summer vacations. It is frequently sent when talking about ocean activities, tropical getaways, or relaxing at the coast. It is often grouped with the 🌊 wave emoji or the 🏖️ beach with umbrella emoji to set a scene.

History

The surfing emoji was first added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The ability to modify skin tones was introduced later in 2015 as part of the effort to make digital communication more inclusive by reflecting the diverse appearances of people around the world.

Details

Glyph

🏄🏿‍♂

Unicode

U+1F3C4 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c4_1f3ff_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC4;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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