Person walking: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A figure depicted in mid-stride, captured in a side-profile view. This specific version features a medium-dark skin tone, representing a person moving forward at a steady, casual pace.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to signal that someone is heading out, taking a break for exercise, or physically traveling between locations. It is frequently sent to friends to say 'I'm on my way' or to indicate that a user is taking a walk, often paired with 🏃🏾 to show a change in speed or 📍 to denote a destination.
History
The base walking figure was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The capability to modify this emoji with specific skin tones was added in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update, aiming to improve representation across global digital communication platforms.
Details
Glyph
🚶🏾
Unicode
U+1F6B6 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f6b6_1f3fe:
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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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