Person climbing: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A figure depicted with medium-dark skin, shown mid-climb on a rock wall. The character wears climbing gear and is captured in a dynamic, upward-reaching motion as they navigate a vertical surface.

Usage Context

Used to represent outdoor sports, mountain climbing, or the act of overcoming a difficult challenge. It is frequently sent to show someone is staying active or to figuratively describe 'climbing' a career ladder or working through a tough situation. It is often grouped with 🧗 or ⛰️ to emphasize adventure and endurance.

History

This emoji was added as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017. It joined the emoji keyboard as part of an effort to provide more diverse representations of human athletes and hobbyists following the introduction of the base climber icon in the previous year.

Details

Glyph
🧗🏾
Unicode
U+1F9D7 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d7_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
climbclimberclimbingmountainpersonrockscaleupboulderinghikingathleteoutdoorsexercise

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