Person cartwheeling: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A figure caught in mid-motion, upside down with limbs extended, performing a cartwheel. The skin tone is adjusted to a medium shade, and the character wears a simple shirt and shorts.
Usage Context
This emoji serves as a shorthand for physical activity, gymnastics, or showing off a burst of high energy. It is frequently sent to express excitement, playfulness, or to describe a literal attempt at a gymnastic maneuver. It pairs well with other active characters like 🤸 or 🤸♂️ to illustrate movement or athletic training.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, the cartwheeling person was introduced alongside a wide range of gender and skin tone modifiers to help users better represent themselves in digital communication. Its creation followed a push to diversify the human-based emoji library beyond the standard yellow stick figures.
Details
Glyph
🤸🏽
Unicode
U+1F938 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f938_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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