# 🏄‍♂️ Man surfing emoji

🏄‍♂️ Man surfing is an emoji in the people playing sports set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: beach, ocean, sport, surf, surfer and swell.

- Emoji: 🏄‍♂️
- Unicode name: man surfing
- Code points: U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :surfing_man:
- Keywords: beach, man, ocean, sport, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, waves
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-emoji

## What it means

Shows a man riding a wave on a surfboard. It fits surfing, beach days and big swells, summer vacations, and a relaxed, sun-and-sea state of mind.

## Skin tones

- 🏄🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏄🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏄🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏄🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🏄🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🏄‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🏄 [Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md) (U+1F3C4)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🏄‍♂️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man surfing”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man surfing”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man surfing”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man surfing”.
- GitHub: Type :surfing_man: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre haciendo surf | hombre, hombre haciendo surf, surf, surfero, surfista |
| Français (fr) | surfeur | homme, surf, surfeur |
| Deutsch (de) | Surfer | Mann, Surfer, Wellenreiten |
| Italiano (it) | surfista uomo | sport, surf, surfista uomo, tavola da surf, uomo |
| Português (pt) | homem surfista | homem, homem surfista, surfando |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke surfer | man, mannelijke surfer, surfen |
| Svenska (sv) | man som surfar | man, man som surfar, man surfar, manlig, surfing |
| Polski (pl) | surfujący mężczyzna | deska, mężczyzna, surfing, surfujący mężczyzna |
| Türkçe (tr) | sörf yapan erkek | adam, erkek, sörf, sörf yapan erkek |
| Русский (ru) | серфингист | вода, волны, доска, серфинг, серфингист, спорт, спортсмен |
| Українська (uk) | серфінгіст | серфінг, серфінгіст, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ | άντρας, άντρας σε σανίδα σερφ, σερφ |
| العربية (ar) | راكب أمواج | تزلج, راكب أمواج, ركوب أمواج |
| עברית (he) | גבר גולש | איש, גבר, גבר גולש, גלישה |
| فارسی (fa) | موج‌سوار مرد | موج, موج‌سوار مرد, موج‌سواری, موج‌سواری کردن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष | आदमी, पुरुष, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের সার্ফিং | ছেলে, ছেলেদের সার্ফিং, পুরুষ, সার্ফিং |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria berselancar | laki-laki, ombak, pria berselancar, selancar |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông lướt sóng | lướt sóng, người đàn ông, người đàn ông lướt sóng |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายโต้คลื่น | กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, นักเซิร์ฟ, ผู้ชาย, มหาสมุทร |
| 日本語 (ja) | サーフィンする男 | サーファー, サーフィンする男, スポーツ, 波乗り, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 서핑하는 남자 | 바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑보드, 서핑하는 남자, 수상스포츠, 스포츠, 파도, 파도 타기, 해변, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生冲浪 | 冲浪, 男, 男生冲浪 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生衝浪 | 男, 男生衝浪, 衝浪 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike branderplankryer
- Akan (ak): Barima resɔɔfo
- Albanian (sq): burrë që bën sërf
- Amharic (am): ወንድ የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች
- Armenian (hy): սերֆինգով զբաղվող տղամարդ
- Assamese (as): চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা পুৰুষ
- Azerbaijani (az): sörfçü kişi
- Bashkir (ba): серфингсы ир-ат
- Basque (eu): gizon surflaria
- Belarusian (be): серфінгіст
- Bosnian (bs): surfer
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж, каращ сърф
- Burmese (my): ရေလွှာလျှောစီးနေသည့် အမျိုးသား
- Cantonese (yue): 滑浪嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): home que fa surf
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏁᏙᎯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 滑浪嘅男人
- Chuvash (cv): серфингист
- Croatian (hr): muškarac surfa
- Czech (cs): surfař
- Danish (da): mandlig surfer
- Estonian (et): meessurfar
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a surfar
- Faroese (fo): maður sum skreiður á brimfjøl
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nagsu-surf
- Finnish (fi): surffaajamies
- Galician (gl): surfeiro
- Georgian (ka): სერფერი კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): સર્ફિંગ કરતો પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): surfing karta aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): szörföző férfi
- Icelandic (is): maður á brimbretti
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-eme egwuregwu oshimiri
- Irish (ga): fear ag surfáil
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang slancar
- Kalaallisut (kl): surfer
- Kannada (kn): ಸರ್ಫಿಂಗ್ ಪುರುಷ
- Kazakh (kk): серфингші ер
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەرفيڭشى ەر
- Khmer (km): បុរសជិះក្តារលើទឹក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo winyereza ku mazi
- Konkani (kok): दादलो सर्फ करता
- Kyrgyz (ky): сёрфинг ойноп жаткан эркек
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktanin ketz’an pa ja’
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis sērfo
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras banglentininkas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): surfowaŕ
- Luxembourgish (lb): Surfer
- Macedonian (mk): сурфер
- Malay (ms): lelaki meluncur air
- Malayalam (ml): സർഫുചെയ്യുന്നയാൾ
- Maltese (mt): raġel surfing
- Marathi (mr): सर्फिंग करणारा पुरुष
- Mongolian (mn): серфингээр гулгаж буй эрэгтэй
- Māori (mi): tāne whakaheke ngaru
- Nepali (ne): सर्फ गरिरहेको छोरामान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o sesa lewatleng
- Norwegian (no): mannlig surfer
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg surfar
- Odia (or): ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira bololi’u
- Pashto (ps): سړی سرفنګ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਰਫਿੰਗ ਕਰਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): صرف کردا بندا
- Quechua (qu): tata surfeando
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care practică surfing
- Romansh (rm): um che fa surfing
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ surfadh
- Serbian (sr): сурфер
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): surfer
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): مرد سرفنگ ڪندي
- Sinhala (si): හිම පුවරුවේ යන මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): surfista
- Slovenian (sl): deskar
- Somali (so): nin alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки серфинг карда истодаастмард
- Tamil (ta): அலைச்சறுக்கு விளையாடும் ஆண்
- Telugu (te): సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ሰርፍ ገባሪ
- Tongan (to): tangata fānifo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o lelemelang
- Turkmen (tk): sörf edýän erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): surfowar
- Urdu (ur): سرفنگ کرتا ہوا مرد
- Uyghur (ug): دولقۇن كەزگۈچى ئەر
- Uzbek (uz): erkak serfing qilmoqda
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn syrffio
- Wolof (wo): góor guy sërfe
- Xhosa (xh): indoda etyibiliza emanzini
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánẹ́tì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń wá íńtánɛ́tì
- Zulu (zu): indoda edlala isurfing

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🏄‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F3C4\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3C4}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3C4\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 84 E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFC4 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%84%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🏄‍♂️ man surfing emoji mean?

Shows a man riding a wave on a surfboard. It fits surfing, beach days and big swells, summer vacations, and a relaxed, sun-and-sea state of mind.

### How do I type the 🏄‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man surfing”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :surfing_man:.

### When was the 🏄‍♂️ emoji added?

🏄‍♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🏄‍♂️?

U+1F3C4 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🏄‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3C4}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

### Does 🏄‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🏄🏻‍♂️ light, 🏄🏼‍♂️ medium-light, 🏄🏽‍♂️ medium, 🏄🏾‍♂️ medium-dark and 🏄🏿‍♂️ dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-surfing-emoji