Dive in! This emoji shows a male-presenting swimmer doing a freestyle/front crawl with a medium-light skin tone—perfect for announcing pool days, triathlon training, or that first cannonball of summer. It’s also a go-to when you’re claiming “I’m booked and busy” energy, keeping your head above water with deadlines, or channeling big Phelps/Ledecky vibes. People drop it with waves and beach emojis to tease vacations, brag about lap counts, or post-workout flexes. Bonus: it doubles as a cheeky metaphor for “swimming through DMs,” braving chaos, or just keep swimming vibes when life is… splashy.
On Apple/iOS, the look is iconic: an outstretched arm mid-stroke, head turned to the side for a breath, a bright swim cap (often yellow) popping against crisp aqua-blue water, and a clean profile angle that screams motion. There’s a tidy splash line that instantly sells the action, and the pose reads athletic yet effortless—like he’s gliding past your excuses. Online, it gets used ironically for “drowning in emails” while pretending you’re fine, or dramatically to escape group chat drama. It also shows up in race recaps, open-water adventures, and thirst-trap captions with a hydrating twist. Pair it with waves, sun, and goggles for max summer story energy, or toss it in a meme when you’re navigating life one stroke at a time.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3238 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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 11 - Current |
|---|---|
| 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) | 1f3ca, 1f3fc, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F3CA, U+1F3FC, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127946, 127996, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x8A, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBC, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8F 8A, F0 9F 8F BC, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 217 212, 360 237 217 274, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDFCA, 0xD83C 0xDFFC, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdfca, d83cdffc, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57290, 55356 57340, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F3CA 0x0001F3FC 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F3CA, 01F3FC, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127946, 127996, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F3CA\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8f\x8a\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbc\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDFCA\uD83C\uDFFC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |