man running: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F3C3 1F3FD 200D 2642
Description
A man running, depicted with a medium skin tone, indicating a male runner or athlete in action.
Group:
People & Body > person-activity
Status:
minimally-qualified
Emotion:
Represents activity, sport, fitness, or a sense of urgency. It can imply a person is running for exercise, in a race, or in a hurry.
Backstory
The running emoji was first introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The combination with skin tone modifiers (like 1F3FD for medium skin tone) and the gender-specific zero-width joiner (200D 2642 FE0F) to form a man running is part of later updates to provide more diverse and specific emoji representations, starting from Unicode 4.0 for skin tones.
Usage Examples
- Indicating exercise: 'Time for my morning run! 🏃🏽♂️'
- Referring to sports: 'He's a great marathon runner. 🏃🏽♂️'
- Expressing urgency: 'I'll be there soon, running behind! 🏃🏽♂️'
- General activity: 'Always on the go. 🏃🏽♂️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in contexts of marathons, jogging, athletic events, or general physical activity.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, often seen in health, fitness, or sports-related digital communication.