Footprints Emoji

People

A pair of bare human footprints, typically colored in shades of brown or grey. The design shows the impression of a heel and toe pad, suggesting a path taken across sand, mud, or a dusty floor.

Usage Context

Widely used to indicate movement, travel, or the literal act of walking. It is frequently sent to show someone is going for a stroll, leaving a place, or following in someone else’s footsteps. It pairs well with 🏃 when talking about exercise or 👣 can be used to imply someone is being stalked or tracked.

History

These footprints were added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0. The design was heavily influenced by early Japanese cellular carrier sets, which often included pictograms for travel and outdoor activities to help users communicate their physical whereabouts before GPS sharing became standard.

Details

Glyph

👣

Unicode

U+1F463

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f463:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC63;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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