Dive in—this emoji is the freestyle king. The man swimming: dark skin tone emoji signals pool days, triathlon training, beach vacations, or that one friend who swears by 5 a.m. lap sessions. It also doubles as a mood: “just keep swimming” when you’re fighting Monday emails, or “I’m cruising” when life feels smooth like a lane with no splashers. People throw it into captions for summer thirst traps, gym flexes, or to jokingly say they’re barely keeping their head above water.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot a determined side-profile swimmer cutting through light-blue ripples, arm raised mid-stroke in a classic front crawl. The look is clean and bright: a yellow swim cap, blue splash accents, and a streamlined pose that screams “lap 47, let’s go.” With the dark skin tone applied, the visible arm and face match your chosen tone, making it feel personal and expressive. Whether it’s used earnestly for fitness updates or ironically to swim past drama in the group chat, this emoji brings big summer energy year-round.
Pro move: pair it with wave emojis for open-water vibes, or with a calendar to announce race day. And yes, when someone says they’re “diving into the DMs,” this guy often leads the charge.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3236 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 | |
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| 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, 1f3ff, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F3CA, U+1F3FF, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127946, 127999, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x8A, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8F 8A, F0 9F 8F BF, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 217 212, 360 237 217 277, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDFCA, 0xD83C 0xDFFF, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdfca, d83cdfff, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57290, 55356 57343, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F3CA 0x0001F3FF 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F3CA, 01F3FF, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127946, 127999, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F3CA\U0001F3FF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8f\x8a\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDFCA\uD83C\uDFFF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
