man swimming: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F3CA 1F3FD 200D 2642 FE0F
Description
A male swimmer with a medium skin tone, depicted in the act of swimming. The emoji combines a swimmer with gender and skin tone modifiers.
Group:
People & Body > person-sport
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents sports, physical activity, swimming, fitness, and aquatic recreation. Can also imply readiness or determination.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, meaning it's composed of multiple emojis joined together. It combines 'Swimmer' (1F3CA), 'Medium Skin Tone' (1F3FD), 'Zero Width Joiner' (200D), 'Male Sign' (2642), and 'Variation Selector-16' (FE0F) to accurately represent a male swimmer with a specific skin tone. The base swimmer emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), and the male/female and skin tone modifiers were added in later versions to provide more inclusive representation.
Usage Examples
- Discussing swimming practice: 'Time for my morning swim! 🏊🏽♂️'
- Referring to a male athlete: 'He's an amazing swimmer. 🏊🏽♂️'
- Planning a beach day: 'Let's hit the beach and go for a swim! ☀️🏊🏽♂️'
- Talking about fitness: 'Swimming is great for cardio. 🏊🏽♂️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in contexts of sports, fitness, summer activities, pool parties, or representing professional swimmers.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often within the context of health, wellness, competitive swimming, or summer leisure.