Person cartwheeling: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned person captured mid-air performing a sideways handspring with their legs spread wide. The figure is shown with arms outstretched toward the ground, highlighting the momentum of the movement.

Usage Context

Used to convey high energy, enthusiasm, or the feeling of being excited. It is frequently sent during celebrations or when someone wants to show they are feeling agile, playful, or ready to jump into action. It is often paired with 🤸 or 🎉 to emphasize a festive mood.

History

This emoji was added in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0. It emerged alongside the expanded skin tone modifier system, which allowed users to represent human figures with a wider range of diversity in digital communication, reflecting the industry-wide push for better representation in emoji sets.

Details

Glyph

🤸🏿

Unicode

U+1F938 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f938_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD38;&#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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