# 🏄🏾‍♂️ Man surfing emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🏄🏾‍♂️ is the man surfing emoji (🏄‍♂️) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🏄‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🏄🏾‍♂️
- Unicode name: man surfing: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🏄‍♂️ Man surfing](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Other skin tones

- 🏄‍♂️ [Man surfing](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-emoji.md)
- 🏄🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏄🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏄🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏄🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🏄🏾‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🏄 [Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md) (U+1F3C4)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🏄🏾‍♂️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man surfing”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre haciendo surf: tono de piel oscuro medio | hombre, hombre haciendo surf, surf, surfero, surfista, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | surfeur : peau mate | homme, peau mate, surf, surfeur |
| Deutsch (de) | Surfer: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Mann, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Surfer, Wellenreiten |
| Italiano (it) | surfista uomo: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, sport, surf, surfista uomo, tavola da surf, uomo |
| Português (pt) | homem surfista: pele morena escura | homem, homem surfista, pele morena escura, surfando |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke surfer: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, man, mannelijke surfer, surfen |
| Svenska (sv) | man som surfar: mellanmörk hy | man, man som surfar, man surfar, manlig, mellanmörk hy, surfing |
| Polski (pl) | surfujący mężczyzna: karnacja średnio ciemna | deska, karnacja średnio ciemna, mężczyzna, surfing, surfujący mężczyzna |
| Türkçe (tr) | sörf yapan erkek: orta koyu cilt tonu | adam, erkek, orta koyu cilt tonu, sörf, sörf yapan erkek |
| Русский (ru) | серфингист: темный тон кожи | вода, волны, доска, серфинг, серфингист, спорт, спортсмен, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | серфінгіст: помірно темний тон шкіри | помірно темний тон шкіри, серфінг, серфінгіст, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, σερφ |
| العربية (ar) | راكب أمواج: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, تزلج, راكب أمواج, ركوب أمواج |
| עברית (he) | גבר גולש: גוון עור כהה בינוני | איש, גבר, גבר גולש, גוון עור כהה בינוני, גלישה |
| فارسی (fa) | موج‌سوار مرد: پوست گندمی | پوست گندمی, موج, موج‌سوار مرد, موج‌سواری, موج‌سواری کردن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | आदमी, पुरुष, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের সার্ফিং: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | ছেলে, ছেলেদের সার্ফিং, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, সার্ফিং |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria berselancar: warna kulit gelap-sedang | laki-laki, ombak, pria berselancar, selancar, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông lướt sóng: màu da tối trung bình | lướt sóng, màu da tối trung bình, người đàn ông, người đàn ông lướt sóng |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายโต้คลื่น: โทนผิวสีแทน | กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, โทนผิวสีแทน, นักเซิร์ฟ, ผู้ชาย, มหาสมุทร |
| 日本語 (ja) | サーフィンする男: やや濃い肌色 | サーファー, サーフィンする男, スポーツ, やや濃い肌色, 波乗り, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 서핑하는 남자: 진한 갈색 피부 | 바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑보드, 서핑하는 남자, 수상스포츠, 스포츠, 진한 갈색 피부, 파도, 파도 타기, 해변, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生冲浪: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 冲浪, 男, 男生冲浪 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生衝浪：褐皮膚 | 男, 男生衝浪, 衝浪, 褐皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike branderplankryer: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): Barima resɔɔfo: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që bën sërf: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): սերֆինգով զբաղվող տղամարդ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): sörfçü kişi: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): серфингсы ир-ат: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizon surflaria: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): серфінгіст: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): surfer: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж, каращ сърф: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေလွှာလျှောစီးနေသည့် အမျိုးသား − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): surfeur : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 滑浪嘅男人: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 滑浪嘅男人: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): home que fa surf: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏁᏙᎯ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 滑浪嘅男人：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): серфингист: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac surfa: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): surfař: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mandlig surfer: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): meessurfar: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a surfar: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): maður sum skreiður á brimfjøl: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nagsu-surf: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): surffaajamies: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): surfeiro: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): სერფერი კაცი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સર્ફિંગ કરતો પુરુષ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): surfing karta aadmi: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): szörföző férfi: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður á brimbretti: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-eme egwuregwu oshimiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag surfáil: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang slancar: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಸರ್ಫಿಂಗ್ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): серфингші ер: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەرفيڭشى ەر: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសជិះក្តារលើទឹក: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo winyereza ku mazi: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): दादलो सर्फ करता: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сёрфинг ойноп жаткан эркек: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktanin ketz’an pa ja’: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis sērfo: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras banglentininkas: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): surfowaŕ: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Surfer: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): сурфер: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): lelaki meluncur air: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): സർഫുചെയ്യുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel surfing: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): सर्फिंग करणारा पुरुष: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): серфингээр гулгаж буй эрэгтэй: бордуу
- Māori (mi): tāne whakaheke ngaru: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): सर्फ गरिरहेको छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o sesa lewatleng: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mannlig surfer: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg surfar: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira bololi’u: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی سرفنګ: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਰਫਿੰਗ ਕਰਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): صرف کردا بندا: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata surfeando: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care practică surfing: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che fa surfing: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ surfadh: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): сурфер: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): surfer: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد سرفنگ ڪندي: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): හිම පුවරුවේ යන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): surfista: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): deskar: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): nin alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки серфинг карда истодаастмард: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): அலைச்சறுக்கு விளையாடும் ஆண்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ሰርፍ ገባሪ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tangata fānifo: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o lelemelang: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): sörf edýän erkek: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): surfowar: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سرفنگ کرتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): دولقۇن كەزگۈچى ئەر: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak serfing qilmoqda: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn syrffio: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): góor guy sërfe: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): indoda etyibiliza emanzini: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánẹ́tì: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánɛ́tì: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda edlala isurfing: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🏄🏾‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F3C4\1F3FE\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3C4}\u{1F3FE}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3C4\U0001F3FE\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 84 F0 9F 8F BE E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFC4 D83C DFFE 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%84%F0%9F%8F%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🏄🏾‍♂️ 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. 🏄🏾‍♂️ shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🏄🏾‍♂️ and 🏄‍♂️?

🏄🏾‍♂️ is the 🏄‍♂️ man surfing emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🏄‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🏄🏾‍♂️?

Find 🏄‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🏄🏾‍♂️?

U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🏄🏾‍♂️

### When was 🏄🏾‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji