🏄‍♂️ Man surfing emoji: meaning, copy and paste, codes

Q: When was the 🏄♂️ emoji added?

🏄♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

Q: What is the Unicode code point for 🏄♂️?

U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🏄♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3C4}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Q: Does 🏄♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🏄🏻♂️ light, 🏄🏼♂️ medium-light, 🏄🏽♂️ medium, 🏄🏾♂️ medium-dark and 🏄🏿♂️ dark.

How it looks

🏄‍♂️

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Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

🏄‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

🏄Person surfingU+1F3C4
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
♂️Male signU+2642 U+FE0F
Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+FE0F

How to type 🏄‍♂️

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man surfing”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man surfing”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man surfing”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man surfing”.
GitHub: Type :surfing_man: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	hombre haciendo surf	hombre, hombre haciendo surf, surf, surfero, surfista
Français	surfeur	homme, surf, surfeur
Deutsch	Surfer	Mann, Surfer, Wellenreiten
Italiano	surfista uomo	sport, surf, surfista uomo, tavola da surf, uomo
Português	homem surfista	homem, homem surfista, surfando
Nederlands	mannelijke surfer	man, mannelijke surfer, surfen
Svenska	man som surfar	man, man som surfar, man surfar, manlig, surfing
Polski	surfujący mężczyzna	deska, mężczyzna, surfing, surfujący mężczyzna
Türkçe	sörf yapan erkek	adam, erkek, sörf, sörf yapan erkek
Русский	серфингист	вода, волны, доска, серфинг, серфингист, спорт, спортсмен
Українська	серфінгіст	серфінг, серфінгіст, чоловік
Ελληνικά	άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ	άντρας, άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ, σερφ
العربية	راكب أمواج	تزلج, راكب أمواج, ركوب أمواج
עברית	גבר גולש	איש, גבר, גבר גולש, גלישה
فارسی	موج‌سوار مرد	موج, موج‌سوار مرد, موج‌سواری, موج‌سواری کردن
हिन्दी	सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष	आदमी, पुरुष, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष
বাংলা	ছেলেদের সার্ফিং	ছেলে, ছেলেদের সার্ফিং, পুরুষ, সার্ফিং
Bahasa Indonesia	pria berselancar	laki-laki, ombak, pria berselancar, selancar
Tiếng Việt	người đàn ông lướt sóng	lướt sóng, người đàn ông, người đàn ông lướt sóng
ไทย	ผู้ชายโต้คลื่น	กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, นักเซิร์ฟ, ผู้ชาย, มหาสมุทร
日本語	サーフィンする男	サーファー, サーフィンする男, スポーツ, 波乗り, 男, 男性
한국어	서핑하는 남자	바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑보드, 서핑하는 남자, 수상스포츠, 스포츠, 파도, 파도 타기, 해변, 해양
中文（简体）	男生冲浪	冲浪, 男, 男生冲浪
中文（繁體）	男生衝浪	男, 男生衝浪, 衝浪

Names in 97 more languages

Afrikaans	manlike branderplankryer
Akan	Barima resɔɔfo
Albanian	burrë që bën sërf
Amharic	ወንድ የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች
Armenian	սերֆինգով զբաղվող տղամարդ
Assamese	চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা পুৰুষ
Azerbaijani	sörfçü kişi
Bashkir	серфингсы ир-ат
Basque	gizon surflaria
Belarusian	серфінгіст
Bosnian	surfer
Bulgarian	мъж, каращ сърф
Burmese	ရေလွှာလျှောစီးနေသည့် အမျိုးသား
Cantonese	滑浪嘅男人
Catalan	home que fa surf
Cherokee	ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏁᏙᎯ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	滑浪嘅男人
Chuvash	серфингист
Croatian	muškarac surfa
Czech	surfař
Danish	mandlig surfer
Estonian	meessurfar
European Portuguese	homem a surfar
Faroese	maður sum skreiður á brimfjøl
Filipino	lalaking nagsu-surf
Finnish	surffaajamies
Galician	surfeiro
Georgian	სერფერი კაცი
Gujarati	સર્ફિંગ કરતો પુરુષ
Hausa	namiji mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku
Hindi (Latin)	surfing karta aadmi
Hungarian	szörföző férfi
Icelandic	maður á brimbretti
Igbo	nwoke na-eme egwuregwu oshimiri
Irish	fear ag surfáil
Javanese	wong lanang slancar
Kalaallisut	surfer
Kannada	ಸರ್ಫಿಂಗ್ ಪುರುಷ
Kazakh	серфингші ер
Kazakh (Arabic)	سەرفيڭشى ەر
Khmer	បុរសជិះក្តារលើទឹក
Kinyarwanda	umugabo winyereza ku mazi
Konkani	दादलो सर्फ करता
Kyrgyz	сёрфинг ойноп жаткан эркек
Kʼicheʼ	achi ktanin ketz’an pa ja’
Lao	ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ
Latvian	vīrietis sērfo
Lithuanian	vyras banglentininkas
Lower Sorbian	surfowaŕ
Luxembourgish	Surfer
Macedonian	сурфер
Malay	lelaki meluncur air
Malayalam	സർഫുചെയ്യുന്നയാൾ
Maltese	raġel surfing
Marathi	सर्फिंग करणारा पुरुष
Mongolian	серфингээр гулгаж буй эрэгтэй
Māori	tāne whakaheke ngaru
Nepali	सर्फ गरिरहेको छोरामान्छे
Nigerian Pidgin	Man Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd
Northern Sotho	monna o sesa lewatleng
Norwegian	mannlig surfer
Norwegian Nynorsk	mannleg surfar
Odia	ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
Oromo	dhiira bololi’u
Pashto	سړی سرفنګ
Punjabi	ਸਰਫਿੰਗ ਕਰਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
Punjabi (Arabic)	صرف کردا بندا
Quechua	tata surfeando
Romanian	bărbat care practică surfing
Romansh	um che fa surfing
Scottish Gaelic	duine a’ surfadh
Serbian	сурфер
Serbian (Latin)	surfer
Shan	ၽူႈၸၢႆးၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ
Sindhi	مرد سرفنگ ڪندي
Sinhala	හිම පුවරුවේ යන මිනිසා
Slovak	surfista
Slovenian	deskar
Somali	nin alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya
Swahili	mwanamume anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi
Tajik	марде, ки серфинг карда истодаастмард
Tamil	அலைச்சறுக்கு விளையாடும் ஆண்
Telugu	సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు
Tigrinya	ሰብኣይ ሰርፍ ገባሪ
Tongan	tangata fānifo
Tswana	monna yo o lelemelang
Turkmen	sörf edýän erkek
Upper Sorbian	surfowar
Urdu	سرفنگ کرتا ہوا مرد
Uyghur	دولقۇن كەزگۈچى ئەر
Uzbek	erkak serfing qilmoqda
Welsh	dyn yn syrffio
Wolof	góor guy sërfe
Xhosa	indoda etyibiliza emanzini
Yoruba	ọkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánẹ́tì
Yoruba (Benin)	ɔkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánɛ́tì
Zulu	indoda edlala isurfing

Codes

Code points: U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML: 🏄‍♂️
CSS: \1F3C4\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F3C4}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python: \U0001F3C4\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 8F 84 E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: D83C DFC4 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded: %F0%9F%8F%84%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🏄‍♂️ man surfing emoji mean?

Shows a man riding a wave on a surfboard. It fits surfing, beach days and big swells, summer vacations, and a relaxed, sun-and-sea state of mind.

How do I type the 🏄‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man surfing”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :surfing_man:.

When was the 🏄‍♂️ emoji added?

🏄‍♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

What is the Unicode code point for 🏄‍♂️?

U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🏄‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3C4}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Does 🏄‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🏄🏻‍♂️ light, 🏄🏼‍♂️ medium-light, 🏄🏽‍♂️ medium, 🏄🏾‍♂️ medium-dark and 🏄🏿‍♂️ dark.

Man surfing emoji