Person climbing: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person depicted mid-climb, reaching upward with both hands and feet while wearing athletic gear. This version features a light skin tone, representing an individual actively scaling a rock face or a climbing wall.

Usage Context

Frequently used to represent physical fitness, extreme sports, or overcoming a difficult obstacle. It is often sent to document a weekend trip to a bouldering gym or used metaphorically to describe the process of working hard toward a goal. It is frequently paired with the mountain or sparkles emoji to emphasize the achievement of a summit.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 4.0. Its inclusion reflects the massive rise in the popularity of recreational rock climbing and indoor bouldering as a mainstream social activity across the globe.

Details

Glyph

🧗🏻

Unicode

U+1F9D7 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d7_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD7;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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