Person climbing: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A figure depicted in a mid-climb position, wearing climbing gear and reaching upward against a vertical surface. This version features a medium-light skin tone.
Usage Context
Used to describe outdoor hobbies, physical challenges, or the literal act of scaling a wall or mountain. It is a frequent visual shorthand for personal progress or overcoming an obstacle. It is often used alongside the mountain or rock emojis to set the scene for an adventure.
History
Climbing was added to the emoji library in Unicode 10.0 in 2017. It was introduced as part of a push to represent a broader range of athletic activities, reflecting the rise of indoor bouldering gyms and the mainstream popularity of extreme sports during the mid-2010s.
Details
Glyph
๐ง๐ผ
Unicode
U+1F9D7 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d7_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
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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