Person cartwheeling: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person shown mid-air performing a cartwheel with their arms and legs fully extended. The medium-dark skin tone represents a specific demographic variation of this athletic figure.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to convey high energy, excitement, or a sense of playfulness. It is often sent when someone is feeling particularly happy or wants to express that they are 'flipping' with joy. It pairs well with other active emojis like 🤸 or 🎉 to emphasize a celebratory mood.

History

The person cartwheeling was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of a larger push to include more diverse human activities and athletic poses. The skin tone variations were introduced shortly after in the same year to ensure the emoji set reflected a broader range of global users.

Details

Glyph

🤸🏾

Unicode

U+1F938 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f938_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD38;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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