Man swimming emoji ๐โโ๏ธ
Emoji 4.0 (2016) ยท U+1F3CA U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐โโ๏ธ means
Man swimming ๐โโ๏ธ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: freestyle, man, sport, swim, swimmer, swimming, triathlon.
Those words also drive emoji search: try freestyle or man on your phone to find ๐โโ๏ธ.
On the emoji keyboard, ๐โโ๏ธ sits with the people playing sports (43 emoji) inside people & body, which has 390 emoji, for example ๐โโ๏ธ โน๏ธ โน๏ธโโ๏ธ โน๏ธโโ๏ธ.
You can send ๐โโ๏ธ in 5 skin tones (๐๐ปโโ๏ธ to ๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ) or in the default yellow; tap any of them above to copy it.
Will ๐โโ๏ธ show on my friend's phone?
Added in Emoji 4.0 (2016), ๐โโ๏ธ is old enough that all current phones, computers and apps show it.
What ๐โโ๏ธ is made of
Technically ๐โโ๏ธ is 2 emoji joined by an invisible character, the zero width joiner (U+200D): ๐ person swimming + โ๏ธ male sign. Older phones show them one after the other.
How to type ๐โโ๏ธ
To find ๐โโ๏ธ quickly, type man swimming into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type man swimming.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type man swimming in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type man swimming.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ๐โโ๏ธ as 4 code points, U+1F3CA U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F: 13 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 5 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F3CA U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🏊‍♂️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🏊‍♂️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F3CA \200D \2642 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3CA}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8F%8A%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8F 8A 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 swimming |
| Portuguรชs | homem nadando |
| Espaรฑol | hombre nadando |
| Italiano | nuotatore |
| Franรงais | nageur |
| Deutsch | Schwimmer |
| Tรผrkรงe | yรผzen erkek |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria berenang |
| Polski | pลywajฤ cy mฤลผczyzna |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะฟะปะพะฒะตั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๆณณใ็ท |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์์ํ๋ ๋จ์ |
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What does the man swimming emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐โโ๏ธ "man swimming" and links it with freestyle, man, sport, swim. 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 swimming 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.