Man surfing emoji ๐โโ๏ธ
Emoji 4.0 (2016) ยท U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐โโ๏ธ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Man surfing ๐โโ๏ธ is tagged with these keywords: beach, man, ocean, sport, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, waves.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing beach or man in the emoji search brings up ๐โโ๏ธ.
Man surfing ๐โโ๏ธ is one of 43 emoji in the people playing sports subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐โโ๏ธ ๐ฃ ๐ฃโโ๏ธ ๐ฃโโ๏ธ.
๐โโ๏ธ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ to ๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐โโ๏ธ show on my friend's phone?
๐โโ๏ธ arrived with Emoji 4.0 in 2016. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
What ๐โโ๏ธ is made of
๐โโ๏ธ is a sequence of 2 emoji: ๐ person surfing + โ๏ธ male sign, glued together with the invisible zero width joiner (U+200D). A phone that does not know the combination shows the parts side by side.
How to type ๐โโ๏ธ
Any emoji picker finds ๐โโ๏ธ when you search for man surfing.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type man surfing.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type man surfing in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type man surfing.
Codes for developers
Man surfing ๐โโ๏ธ is written with 4 code points: U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 13 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 5.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🏄‍♂️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🏄‍♂️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F3C4 \200D \2642 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3C4}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8F%84%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8F 84 E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐โโ๏ธ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | man surfing |
| Portuguรชs | homem surfista |
| Espaรฑol | hombre haciendo surf |
| Italiano | surfista uomo |
| Franรงais | surfeur |
| Deutsch | Surfer |
| Tรผrkรงe | sรถrf yapan erkek |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria berselancar |
| Polski | surfujฤ cy mฤลผczyzna |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ัะตััะธะฝะณะธัั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ใตใผใใฃใณใใ็ท |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์ํํ๋ ๋จ์ |
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What does the man surfing emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐โโ๏ธ "man surfing" and links it with beach, man, ocean, sport. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the people playing sports subgroup of people & body.
When was the man surfing emoji added?
In Emoji 4.0, released in 2016. Every current phone and computer has it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐โโ๏ธ?
Yes. ๐โโ๏ธ has these skin tones: ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ ๐๐พโโ๏ธ ๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.