# 🏄🏽‍♂️ Man surfing emoji: medium skin tone

🏄🏽‍♂️ is the man surfing emoji (🏄‍♂️) with medium 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 skin tone
- Code points: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD 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-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-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE 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 skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FD)
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 skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man surfing”, then pick medium 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 medio | hombre, hombre haciendo surf, surf, surfero, surfista, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | surfeur : peau légèrement mate | homme, peau légèrement mate, surf, surfeur |
| Deutsch (de) | Surfer: mittlere Hautfarbe | Mann, mittlere Hautfarbe, Surfer, Wellenreiten |
| Italiano (it) | surfista uomo: carnagione olivastra | carnagione olivastra, sport, surf, surfista uomo, tavola da surf, uomo |
| Português (pt) | homem surfista: pele morena | homem, homem surfista, pele morena, surfando |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke surfer: getinte huidskleur | getinte huidskleur, man, mannelijke surfer, surfen |
| Svenska (sv) | man som surfar: mellanfärgad hy | man, man som surfar, man surfar, manlig, mellanfärgad hy, surfing |
| Polski (pl) | surfujący mężczyzna: karnacja średnia | deska, karnacja średnia, mężczyzna, surfing, surfujący mężczyzna |
| Türkçe (tr) | sörf yapan erkek: orta cilt tonu | adam, erkek, orta cilt tonu, sörf, sörf yapan erkek |
| Русский (ru) | серфингист: средний тон кожи | вода, волны, доска, серфинг, серфингист, спорт, спортсмен, средний тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | серфінгіст: помірний тон шкіри | помірний тон шкіри, серфінг, серфінгіст, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, σερφ |
| العربية (ar) | راكب أمواج: بشرة بلون معتدل | بشرة بلون معتدل, تزلج, راكب أمواج, ركوب أمواج |
| עברית (he) | גבר גולש: גוון עור בינוני | איש, גבר, גבר גולש, גוון עור בינוני, גלישה |
| فارسی (fa) | موج‌سوار مرد: پوست طلایی | پوست طلایی, موج, موج‌سوار مرد, موج‌سواری, موج‌سواری کردن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष: गेहुँआ त्वचा | आदमी, गेहुँआ त्वचा, पुरुष, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের সার্ফিং: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | ছেলে, ছেলেদের সার্ফিং, পুরুষ, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, সার্ফিং |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria berselancar: warna kulit sedang | laki-laki, ombak, pria berselancar, selancar, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông lướt sóng: màu da trung bình | lướt sóng, màu da trung bình, người đàn ông, người đàn ông lướt sóng |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายโต้คลื่น: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, นักเซิร์ฟ, ผู้ชาย, มหาสมุทร |
| 日本語 (ja) | サーフィンする男: 中間の肌色 | サーファー, サーフィンする男, スポーツ, 中間の肌色, 波乗り, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 서핑하는 남자: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑보드, 서핑하는 남자, 수상스포츠, 스포츠, 파도, 파도 타기, 해변, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生冲浪: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 冲浪, 男, 男生冲浪 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生衝浪：淺褐皮膚 | 淺褐皮膚, 男, 男生衝浪, 衝浪 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike branderplankryer: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): Barima resɔɔfo: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që bën sërf: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ወንድ የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): սերֆինգով զբաղվող տղամարդ․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): sörfçü kişi: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): серфингсы ир-ат: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizon surflaria: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): серфінгіст: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): surfer: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж, каращ сърф: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေလွှာလျှောစီးနေသည့် အမျိုးသား − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): surfeur : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 滑浪嘅男人: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 滑浪嘅男人: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): home que fa surf: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏁᏙᎯ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 滑浪嘅男人：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): серфингист: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac surfa: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): surfař: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mandlig surfer: medium teint
- Estonian (et): meessurfar: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a surfar: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): maður sum skreiður á brimfjøl: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nagsu-surf: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): surffaajamies: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): surfeiro: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): სერფერი კაცი: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સર્ફિંગ કરતો પુરુષ: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): surfing karta aadmi: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): szörföző férfi: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður á brimbretti: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-eme egwuregwu oshimiri: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag surfáil: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang slancar: kulit kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಸರ್ಫಿಂಗ್ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): серфингші ер: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەرفيڭشى ەر: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសជិះក្តារលើទឹក: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo winyereza ku mazi: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): दादलो सर्फ करता: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сёрфинг ойноп жаткан эркек: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktanin ketz’an pa ja’: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis sērfo: vidējs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras banglentininkas: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): surfowaŕ: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Surfer: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): сурфер: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): lelaki meluncur air: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): സർഫുചെയ്യുന്നയാൾ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): raġel surfing: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): सर्फिंग करणारा पुरुष: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): серфингээр гулгаж буй эрэгтэй: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): tāne whakaheke ngaru: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): सर्फ गरिरहेको छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o sesa lewatleng: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mannlig surfer: hudtype 4
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg surfar: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira bololi’u: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی سرفنګ: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਰਫਿੰਗ ਕਰਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): صرف کردا بندا: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata surfeando: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care practică surfing: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che fa surfing: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ surfadh: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): сурфер: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): сурфер: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): surfer: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): surfer: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): مرد سرفنگ ڪندي: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): හිම පුවරුවේ යන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): surfista: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): deskar: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): nin alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки серфинг карда истодаастмард: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): அலைச்சறுக்கு விளையாடும் ஆண்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ሰርፍ ገባሪ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata fānifo: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o lelemelang: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): sörf edýän erkek: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): surfowar: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سرفنگ کرتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): دولقۇن كەزگۈچى ئەر: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak serfing qilmoqda: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn syrffio: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): góor guy sërfe: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): indoda etyibiliza emanzini: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánẹ́tì: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánɛ́tì: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda edlala isurfing: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🏄🏽‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F3C4\1F3FD\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3C4}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3C4\U0001F3FD\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 84 F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFC4 D83C DFFD 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%84%F0%9F%8F%BD%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 skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🏄🏽‍♂️ is the 🏄‍♂️ man surfing emoji with medium skin tone. It's 🏄‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD 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 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+1F3FD 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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