Person walking facing right Emoji

People

A full-body figure of a person captured mid-stride, depicted moving toward the right. The character is shown in a neutral, everyday pose, suggesting a casual walk or a brisk stroll.

Usage Context

This emoji serves as a shorthand for commuting, taking a walk, or heading toward a specific destination. It is frequently used to discuss physical exercise, travel plans, or simply showing that you are currently on the move. It is often grouped with the 🏃 emoji when the pace of movement needs to be distinguished.

History

The walking person was introduced to the Unicode standard in 2010. Its design originates from early Japanese mobile carrier pictographs, which were created to help mobile users communicate their whereabouts or travel status in the pre-GPS era of text messaging.

Details

Glyph

🚶‍➡

Unicode

U+1F6B6 U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6b6_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEB6;‍➡

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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