The man playing water polo emoji is pure “aquatic hustle” energy: one arm cocked back with a bright yellow ball, the other cutting through splashy blue water like a mini tidal wave. On Apple/iOS, he’s shown in a side view, rocking a snug swim cap, bare shoulders out, and a focused, game-face expression—basically mid-throw, with that unmistakable lemon-yellow ball paneling you can spot from a mile away. The scene screams motion: turquoise splashes, arm raised high, and that poised moment right before the ball zips across the pool. It’s sporty, fast, and a little dramatic—in the best Olympic highlight-reel way.
People use this emoji for anything from “headed to practice” to “making waves at work,” plus loads of ironic spins like “I’m drowning in emails, send a lifeguard.” It doubles as a GIF-less way to say “pass the info,” “let’s dive in,” or “I’m about to throw” (ideas, shade, or weekend plans). Expect it in hype posts before tournaments, beach-day captions trying to look athletic, and flirty messages with splashy wordplay. Water-polo fans flash it to flex eggbeater-kick stamina; the rest of us use it to announce we’re launching something big—or just trying to stay afloat. It’s also meme-friendly for “hydrated and unbothered” vibes or that moment you yeet responsibilities across the pool of life.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1856 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| 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 |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🤽♂️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 4 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🤽♂️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🤽 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🤽 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f93d, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F93D, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129341, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0xBD, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A4 BD, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 244 275, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD3D, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd3d, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56637, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F93D 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F93D, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129341, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F93D\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa4\xbd\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD3D\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
