# 🏊‍♂️ Man swimming emoji

🏊‍♂️ Man swimming is an emoji in the people playing sports set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: freestyle, sport, swim, swimmer and triathlon.

- Emoji: 🏊‍♂️
- Unicode name: man swimming
- Code points: U+1F3CA U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :swimming_man:
- Keywords: freestyle, man, sport, swim, swimmer, swimming, triathlon
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-swimming-emoji

## What it means

Mid-stroke and pulling one arm through the water, this male swimmer is hard at work. It appears in posts about swim workouts, pool and ocean days, competitive swimming, and triathlon training or races.

## Skin tones

- 🏊🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-swimming-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3CA U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏊🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-swimming-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3CA U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏊🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-swimming-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3CA U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏊🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-swimming-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3CA U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏊🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-swimming-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3CA U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

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

1. 🏊 [Person swimming](https://emojichart.com/person-swimming-emoji.md) (U+1F3CA)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
4. 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 swimming”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man swimming”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man swimming”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man swimming”.
- GitHub: Type :swimming_man: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre nadando | hombre, hombre nadando, nadar |
| Français (fr) | nageur | homme, nage, nageur |
| Deutsch (de) | Schwimmer | kraulen, Pool, Schwimmbad, schwimmen, Schwimmer |
| Italiano (it) | nuotatore | nuotatore, nuoto, piscina, sport, uomo |
| Português (pt) | homem nadando | homem, homem nadando, nadar, natação |
| Nederlands (nl) | zwemmende man | man, zwemmen, zwemmende man |
| Svenska (sv) | man som simmar | man, man som simmar, simmare, simning |
| Polski (pl) | pływający mężczyzna | basen, kraulem, mężczyzna, na basenie, pływający, pływak, pływanie, sport, triathlon, woda, zawody |
| Türkçe (tr) | yüzen erkek | adam, erkek, yüzen erkek, yüzme |
| Русский (ru) | пловец | мужчина, плавание, пловец, спорт |
| Українська (uk) | плавець | плавання, плавець, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας κολυμβητής | άντρας, άντρας κολυμβητής, κολύμβηση |
| العربية (ar) | سباح | سباح, يسبح, يعوم |
| עברית (he) | גבר שוחה | איש, גבר, שוחה, שחייה, שחיין |
| فارسی (fa) | شناگر مرد | آب‌تنی, شنا, شنا کردن, شناگر, شناگر مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | तैरता हुआ पुरुष | आदमी, तैरता हुआ पुरुष, तैरना, पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | পুরুষ সাঁতারু | ছেলে, পুরুষ, পুরুষ সাঁতারু, সাঁতার |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria berenang | laki-laki, pria berenang, renang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông đang bơi | bơi, người đàn ông, người đàn ông đang bơi |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายว่ายน้ำ | กีฬา, คน, ไตรกีฬา, นักว่ายน้ำ, ผู้ชาย, ฟรีสไตล์, ว่ายน้ำ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 泳ぐ男 | スイマー, スイミング, スイム, スポーツ, 水泳, 泳ぐ男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 수영하는 남자 | 수영, 수영 선수, 수영장, 수영하기, 수영하는 남자, 스포츠, 운동, 자유형, 철인 3종 경기, 트라이애슬론 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生游泳 | 游泳, 男, 男生游泳 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生游泳 | 游泳, 男, 男生游泳 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike swemmer
- Akan (ak): Barima reboro nsuo
- Albanian (sq): burrë që noton
- Amharic (am): የወንድ ዋናተኛ
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդ լողորդ
- Assamese (as): সাঁতুৰি থকা পুৰুষ
- Azerbaijani (az): üzgüçü kişi
- Bashkir (ba): йөҙөүсе ир
- Basque (eu): gizon igerilaria
- Belarusian (be): плывец
- Bosnian (bs): plivač
- Bulgarian (bg): плуващ мъж
- Burmese (my): ရေကူးနေသူ အမျိုးသား
- Cantonese (yue): 游水嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): home que neda
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏓᏬ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 男泳手
- Chuvash (cv): ишекен
- Croatian (hr): muškarac pliva
- Czech (cs): plavec
- Danish (da): mandlig svømmer
- Estonian (et): meesujuja
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a nadar
- Faroese (fo): maður sum svimur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking lumalangoy
- Finnish (fi): uiva mies
- Galician (gl): nadador
- Georgian (ka): მოცურავე კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): સ્વિમ કરતો પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai yin ninƙaya
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): swimming karta aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): úszó férfi
- Icelandic (is): sundmaður
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egwu mmiri
- Irish (ga): fear ag snámh
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang nglangi
- Kalaallisut (kl): mandlig svømmer
- Kannada (kn): ಈಜುತ್ತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): жүзуші ер
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ءجۇزۋشى ەر
- Khmer (km): បុរសហែលទឹក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo uri koga
- Konkani (kok): दादलो पेंवता
- Kyrgyz (ky): сүзүп бара жаткан эркек
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi katajin kmuxanik
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍລອຍນໍ້າ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis peld
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras plaukikas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): plěwaŕ
- Luxembourgish (lb): Schwëmmer
- Macedonian (mk): пливач
- Malay (ms): lelaki berenang
- Malayalam (ml): നീന്തൽക്കാരൻ
- Maltese (mt): raġel jgħum
- Marathi (mr): पोहणारा पुरुष
- Mongolian (mn): сэлж буй эрэгтэй
- Māori (mi): tāne kauhoe
- Nepali (ne): पौंडी खेलिरहेको छोरामान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Swim
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o a rutha
- Norwegian (no): mannlig svømmer
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg symjar
- Odia (or): ପହଁରୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira daakaa jiru
- Pashto (ps): سړی لامبو وهي
- Punjabi (pa): ਤੈਰਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): تیراکی کردا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): tata waytachkan
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care înoată
- Romansh (rm): um che noda
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ snàmh
- Serbian (sr): пливач
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): plivač
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးလုၺ်းၼမ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): مرد ترندي
- Sinhala (si): පිහිනන මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): plavec
- Slovenian (sl): plavalec
- Somali (so): nin dabaalanaya
- Swahili (sw): mwanaume anayeogelea
- Tajik (tg): марди шино карда истода
- Tamil (ta): நீந்தும் ஆண்
- Telugu (te): ఈత కొడుతున్న పురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ክሕንብስ ከሎ
- Tongan (to): tangata kakau
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o thumang
- Turkmen (tk): ýüzüp ýören erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): płuwar
- Urdu (ur): تیراکی کرتا ہوا مرد
- Uyghur (ug): ئۈزۈۋاتقان ئەر
- Uzbek (uz): suzayotgan erkak
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn nofio
- Wolof (wo): góor guy féey
- Xhosa (xh): indoda equbhayo
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń wẹdò
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń wɛdò
- Zulu (zu): indoda ebhukudayo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3CA U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🏊‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F3CA\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3CA}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3CA\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 8A E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFCA 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%8A%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🏊‍♂️ man swimming emoji mean?

Mid-stroke and pulling one arm through the water, this male swimmer is hard at work. It appears in posts about swim workouts, pool and ocean days, competitive swimming, and triathlon training or races.

### How do I type the 🏊‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man swimming”. 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 :swimming_man:.

### When was the 🏊‍♂️ emoji added?

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

### What is the Unicode code point for 🏊‍♂️?

U+1F3CA U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🏊‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3CA}\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.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-swimming-emoji