Person surfing Emoji

People

A silhouette of a person standing on a surfboard while riding a breaking ocean wave. The figure is typically depicted in a crouched, balanced position, capturing the height of a surfing maneuver.

Usage Context

Used to signal that someone is going to the beach, enjoying a vacation, or simply feeling relaxed. It works as a quick way to talk about water sports, summer activities, or a lifestyle centered around the ocean. It is frequently seen alongside icons like 🌊, 🏖️, or ☀️ to set a coastal scene.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014. It emerged as part of the push to add more active, hobby-based human figures to standard character sets, reflecting the global popularity of extreme sports and surf culture in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🏄

Unicode

U+1F3C4

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c4:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC4;

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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