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

&#xD83D;&#xDEB6;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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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