This emoji is the dude who literally flips out—on purpose. The man cartwheeling: medium skin tone shows a male-presenting figure in a full-on cartwheel, perfect for celebrating big wins, caffeine-fueled chaos, or a dramatic “I’m out!” exit from a messy group chat. It’s equal parts athletic flex and goofy delight, often used when you’re riding a Friday high, nailed a task, or want to signal unhinged enthusiasm with zero chill.
On Apple/iOS, he’s captured mid-flip in that classic X-shape—arms and legs splayed like a human star, short hair, and a bold, high-contrast sport outfit (bright top, darker pants) that pops against the clean background. The vibe is kinetic and cheerful, with a side profile that sells the motion; no props, just pure momentum and gym-class nostalgia. The medium skin tone modifier tints the visible skin (face/hands), making the celebration feel personalized and inclusive.
Online, people use it sarcastically to cartwheel away from responsibility, ironically when things go off the rails, or flirtatiously as in “cartwheeling into your DMs.” It fits Olympics hype, cheer squad chatter, or that one friend who announces life updates with backflips—metaphorically. When text needs confetti, this guy is your human exclamation mark.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 4041 of 2393 |
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| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🤸🏽♂️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 5 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🤸🏽♂️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🤸 🏽 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🤸 🏽 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f938, 1f3fd, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F938, U+1F3FD, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129336, 127997, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0xB8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A4 B8, F0 9F 8F BD, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 244 270, 360 237 217 275, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD38, 0xD83C 0xDFFD, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd38, d83cdffd, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56632, 55356 57341, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F938 0x0001F3FD 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F938, 01F3FD, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129336, 127997, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F938\U0001F3FD\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa4\xb8\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD38\uD83C\uDFFD\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
