# 🏄 Person surfing emoji

🏄 Person surfing is an emoji in the people playing sports set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: beach, ocean, sport, surf, surfer and swell.

- Emoji: 🏄
- Unicode name: person surfing
- Code points: U+1F3C4
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :surfer:
- Keywords: beach, ocean, person, sport, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, waves
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji

## What it means

A person riding a wave on a surfboard. It is a go-to for surfing, beach trips and ocean waves, summer and vacation vibes, and a laid-back, go-with-the-flow attitude.

## Skin tones

- 🏄🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB
- 🏄🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC
- 🏄🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD
- 🏄🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE
- 🏄🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include 🏄

- 🏄‍♂️ [Man surfing](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-emoji.md)
- 🏄‍♀️ [Woman surfing](https://emojichart.com/woman-surfing-emoji.md)

## How to type 🏄

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona haciendo surf | persona haciendo surf, surf, surfear |
| Français (fr) | personne faisant du surf | glisse, homme, mer, océan, personne, personne faisant du surf, plage, planche, sport, surf, vagues |
| Deutsch (de) | Surfer(in) | Person, Sport, Surfboard, Surfbrett, Surfen, Surfer, Surfer(in), Surferin, Wassersport, Wellenreiten, Wellenreiter, Wellenreiterin |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa surf | mare, onde, persona, persona che fa surf, spiaggia, sport, surf, surfare, tavola |
| Português (pt) | surfista | esporte, onda, ondas, pessoa, praia, prancha, surf, surfista |
| Nederlands (nl) | surfer | golf, golven, oceaan, sport, strand, surfen, surfende persoon, surfer, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | person som surfar | hav, person som surfar, strand, surfare, surfing, surfning |
| Polski (pl) | surfująca osoba | deska, fala, morze, ocean, osoba, sport, surfer, surferka, surfing, surfująca |
| Türkçe (tr) | sörf yapan kişi | dalga, dalga sörfü, erkek sörfçü, kişi, okyanus, plaj, sahil, sörf yapan kişi, sörfçü, spor, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | серфинг | вода, волны, доска, серфинг, спорт |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що займається серфінгом | людина, океан, пляж, серфер, серфінг, спортсмен, хвилі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σέρφερ | άθλημα, άντρας σέρφερ, άτομο που κάνει σερφ, γυμναστική, κύματα, παραλία, σέρφερ, σέρφινγκ, σπορ, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | شخص يركب الأمواج | أشخاص, أمواج, بحر, ركوب أمواج, رياضة, شاطئ, شخص يركب أمواج, شخص يركب الأمواج, محيط, موج, موجة طويلة |
| עברית (he) | גולש גלים | אדם גולש על גלשן, גולש, גלים, גלישה, גלישת גלים, גלשן, חוף, ים, ספורט |
| فارسی (fa) | موج‌سوار | اقیانوس, امواج, تخته موج سواری, دریا, ساحل, متلاطم, مرد, مرد موج سوار, موج, موج سواری, موج‌سوار, موج‌سواری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति | खेल, बीच, लहरें, समुद्र, सर्फ़र, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता आदमी, सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति |
| বাংলা (bn) | সার্ফার | ক্রীড়া, খেলাধুলা, বীচ, ব্যক্তির সার্ফিং, মহাসাগর, সমুদ্র সৈকত, সমুদ্রতীর, সার্ফ করা, সার্ফার, সার্ফিং, স্পোর্টস |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang berselancar | laki-laki, laut, olahraga, ombak, orang berselancar, pantai, pria, selancar, seluncur |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người lướt sóng | bãi biển, biển, lướt sóng, người lướt sóng, sóng, thể thao, vận động viên lướt sóng |
| ไทย (th) | นักโต้คลื่น | กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, นักเซิร์ฟ, มหาสมุทร |
| 日本語 (ja) | サーフィンする人 | サーファー, サーフィン, サーフィンする人, スポーツ, 波, 波乗り, 海 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 서핑하는 사람 | 바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑하는 사람, 스포츠, 파도, 파도 타기, 해변, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 冲浪 | 冲浪, 冲浪的人, 冲浪者, 波浪, 海上运动, 海洋, 海滩, 涌浪, 网上冲浪, 运动 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 衝浪 | 人物, 水上運動, 海, 海灘, 衝浪, 衝浪板, 衝浪者, 運動 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): branderplankryer
- Akan (ak): obi resεεfe
- Albanian (sq): sërfist
- Amharic (am): የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች
- Armenian (hy): սերֆեր
- Assamese (as): চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): sörfer
- Bashkir (ba): серфингсы кеше
- Basque (eu): surflaria
- Belarusian (be): сёрфінг
- Bosnian (bs): osoba surfa
- Bulgarian (bg): сърфист
- Burmese (my): ရေလွှာလှိုင်းစီးသူ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui fait du surf
- Cantonese (yue): 滑浪嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona que fa surf
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏙᎯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 滑浪
- Chuvash (cv): сефинг
- Croatian (hr): surfer
- Czech (cs): osoba na surfu
- Danish (da): surfer
- Estonian (et): surfar
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum skreiður á brimfjøl
- Filipino (fil): surfer
- Finnish (fi): surffaaja
- Galician (gl): surfista
- Georgian (ka): სერფერი
- Gujarati (gu): સર્ફિંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): surfing karta vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): szörföző
- Icelandic (is): brimbrettamaður
- Igbo (ig): onye egwuregwu oshimiri
- Irish (ga): duine ag surfáil
- Javanese (jv): wong slancar
- Kalaallisut (kl): surfing
- Kannada (kn): ಸರ್ಫರ್
- Kazakh (kk): серфер
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەرفەر
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សជិះក្តារលើរលក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu ugendera hejuru y’amazi
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती सर्फ करता
- Kyrgyz (ky): сёрфер
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq aj etz’anel pa ja’
- Lao (lo): ນັກຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ
- Latvian (lv): sērfotājs
- Lithuanian (lt): banglentininkas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba pśi surfowanju
- Luxembourgish (lb): Surfer(in)
- Macedonian (mk): лице кое сурфа
- Malay (ms): peluncur air
- Malayalam (ml): സർഫർ
- Maltese (mt): persuna surfing
- Marathi (mr): पाण्‍याच्या लाटांवर तरंगणारा
- Mongolian (mn): серфингээр гулгаж байгаа хүн
- Māori (mi): tangata whakaheke ngaru
- Nepali (ne): सर्फर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho a sesa lewatleng
- Norwegian (no): surfer
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): surfar
- Odia (or): ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama bololi’u
- Pashto (ps): شخص سرفنگ کوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਰਫ਼ਿੰਗ ਕਰਨਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ویلا گزادا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): runa surfeando
- Romanian (ro): persoană care practică surfing
- Romansh (rm): persuna che fa surfing
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ surfadh
- Serbian (sr): особа сурфује
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba surfuje
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): شخص سرفنگ ڪندي
- Sinhala (si): හිම පුවරුවේ යන්නා
- Slovak (sk): človek na surfe
- Slovenian (sl): oseba deska
- Somali (so): qof alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya
- Swahili (sw): mtu anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi
- Tajik (tg): шахси серфинг карда истода
- Tamil (ta): சர்பிங் செய்பவர்
- Telugu (te): సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ሰርፊንግ ምግባር
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fānifo
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o lelemelang mo metsing
- Turkmen (tk): sörf edýän adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba při surfowanju
- Urdu (ur): سرفر
- Uyghur (ug): دولقۇن كەزگۈچى
- Uzbek (uz): serfingchi
- Welsh (cy): person yn syrffio
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy sërfe
- Xhosa (xh): umntu otyibiliza phezu kwamaza
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Gun Iji
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Gun Iji
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ogibele isurf board

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3C4` |
| HTML | `🏄` |
| CSS | `\1F3C4` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3C4}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3C4` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 84` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFC4` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%84` |

## Questions

### What does the 🏄 person surfing emoji mean?

A person riding a wave on a surfboard. It is a go-to for surfing, beach trips and ocean waves, summer and vacation vibes, and a laid-back, go-with-the-flow attitude.

### How do I type the 🏄 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “person 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 :surfer:.

### When was the 🏄 emoji added?

🏄 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🏄?

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

### 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/person-surfing-emoji