Person swimming: light skin tone Emoji

People

A figure depicted in a freestyle swimming motion, with a light skin tone. The icon shows the swimmer's head above the water, mid-stroke, capturing the fluid movement of the sport.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent swimming as a hobby, competitive athletic training, or a day at the beach or pool. It often appears alongside other activity-based emojis like 🏄🏻 or 🏊‍♀️ to coordinate group plans or discuss fitness goals.

History

Swimming was introduced as part of the broader expansion of human figures in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The option to modify skin tones arrived later in 2015, following the industry-wide move toward more diverse representation in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🏊🏻

Unicode

U+1F3CA U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3ca_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFCA;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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