# 🏄🏾 Person surfing emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🏄🏾 is the person surfing emoji (🏄) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🏄 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 🏄🏾
- Unicode name: person surfing: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [🏄 Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A person riding a wave on a surfboard. It is a go-to for surfing, beach trips and ocean waves, summer and vacation vibes, and a laid-back, go-with-the-flow attitude.

## Other skin tones

- 🏄 [Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md)
- 🏄🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB
- 🏄🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC
- 🏄🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD
- 🏄🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

🏄🏾 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🏄 [Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md) (U+1F3C4)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 🏄🏾

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person surfing”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona haciendo surf: tono de piel oscuro medio | persona haciendo surf, surf, surfear, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | personne faisant du surf : peau mate | glisse, homme, mer, océan, peau mate, personne, personne faisant du surf, plage, planche, sport, surf, vagues |
| Deutsch (de) | Surfer(in): mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Person, Sport, Surfboard, Surfbrett, Surfen, Surfer, Surfer(in), Surferin, Wassersport, Wellenreiten, Wellenreiter, Wellenreiterin |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa surf: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, mare, onde, persona, persona che fa surf, spiaggia, sport, surf, surfare, tavola |
| Português (pt) | surfista: pele morena escura | esporte, onda, ondas, pele morena escura, pessoa, praia, prancha, surf, surfista |
| Nederlands (nl) | surfer: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, golf, golven, oceaan, sport, strand, surfen, surfende persoon, surfer, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | person som surfar: mellanmörk hy | hav, mellanmörk hy, person som surfar, strand, surfare, surfing, surfning |
| Polski (pl) | surfująca osoba: karnacja średnio ciemna | deska, fala, karnacja średnio ciemna, morze, ocean, osoba, sport, surfer, surferka, surfing, surfująca |
| Türkçe (tr) | sörf yapan kişi: orta koyu cilt tonu | dalga, dalga sörfü, erkek sörfçü, kişi, okyanus, orta koyu cilt tonu, plaj, sahil, sörf yapan kişi, sörfçü, spor, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | серфинг: темный тон кожи | вода, волны, доска, серфинг, спорт, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що займається серфінгом: помірно темний тон шкіри | людина, океан, пляж, помірно темний тон шкіри, серфер, серфінг, спортсмен, хвилі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σέρφερ: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άθλημα, άντρας σέρφερ, άτομο που κάνει σερφ, γυμναστική, κύματα, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, παραλία, σέρφερ, σέρφινγκ, σπορ, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | شخص يركب الأمواج: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | أشخاص, أمواج, بحر, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, ركوب أمواج, رياضة, شاطئ, شخص يركب أمواج, شخص يركب الأمواج, محيط, موج, موجة طويلة |
| עברית (he) | גולש גלים: גוון עור כהה בינוני | אדם גולש על גלשן, גוון עור כהה בינוני, גולש, גלים, גלישה, גלישת גלים, גלשן, חוף, ים, ספורט |
| فارسی (fa) | موج‌سوار: پوست گندمی | اقیانوس, امواج, پوست گندمی, تخته موج سواری, دریا, ساحل, متلاطم, مرد, مرد موج سوار, موج, موج سواری, موج‌سوار, موج‌سواری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | खेल, बीच, लहरें, समुद्र, सर्फ़र, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता आदमी, सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | সার্ফার: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | ক্রীড়া, খেলাধুলা, বীচ, ব্যক্তির সার্ফিং, মহাসাগর, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, সমুদ্র সৈকত, সমুদ্রতীর, সার্ফ করা, সার্ফার, সার্ফিং, স্পোর্টস |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang berselancar: warna kulit gelap-sedang | laki-laki, laut, olahraga, ombak, orang berselancar, pantai, pria, selancar, seluncur, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người lướt sóng: màu da tối trung bình | bãi biển, biển, lướt sóng, màu da tối trung bình, người lướt sóng, sóng, thể thao, vận động viên lướt sóng |
| ไทย (th) | นักโต้คลื่น: โทนผิวสีแทน | กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, โทนผิวสีแทน, นักเซิร์ฟ, มหาสมุทร |
| 日本語 (ja) | サーフィンする人: やや濃い肌色 | サーファー, サーフィン, サーフィンする人, スポーツ, やや濃い肌色, 波, 波乗り, 海 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 서핑하는 사람: 진한 갈색 피부 | 바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑하는 사람, 스포츠, 진한 갈색 피부, 파도, 파도 타기, 해변, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 冲浪: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 冲浪, 冲浪的人, 冲浪者, 波浪, 海上运动, 海洋, 海滩, 涌浪, 网上冲浪, 运动 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 衝浪：褐皮膚 | 人物, 水上運動, 海, 海灘, 衝浪, 衝浪板, 衝浪者, 褐皮膚, 運動 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): branderplankryer: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): obi resεεfe: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): sërfist: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): սերֆեր․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): sörfer: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): серфингсы кеше: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): surflaria: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): сёрфінг: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba surfa: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): сърфист: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေလွှာလှိုင်းစီးသူ − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui fait du surf : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 滑浪嘅人: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 滑浪嘅人: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona que fa surf: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏙᎯ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 滑浪：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): сефинг: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): surfer: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba na surfu: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): surfer: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): surfar: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): surfista: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum skreiður á brimfjøl: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): surfer: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): surffaaja: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): surfista: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): სერფერი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સર્ફિંગ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): surfing karta vyakti: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): szörföző: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): brimbrettamaður: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye egwuregwu oshimiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine ag surfáil: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong slancar: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಸರ್ಫರ್: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): серфер: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەرفەر: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សជិះក្តារលើរលក: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu ugendera hejuru y’amazi: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती सर्फ करता: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сёрфер: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq aj etz’anel pa ja’: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນັກຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): sērfotājs: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a fa surf: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): banglentininkas: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba pśi surfowanju: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Surfer(in): mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): лице кое сурфа: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): peluncur air: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): സർഫർ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna surfing: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): पाण्‍याच्या लाटांवर तरंगणारा: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): серфингээр гулгаж байгаа хүн: бордуу
- Māori (mi): tangata whakaheke ngaru: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): सर्फर: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho a sesa lewatleng: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): surfer: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): surfar: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama bololi’u: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): شخص سرفنگ کوي: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਰਫ਼ਿੰਗ ਕਰਨਾ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ویلا گزادا بندہ: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa surfeando: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care practică surfing: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che fa surfing: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ surfadh: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа сурфује: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba surfuje: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص سرفنگ ڪندي: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): හිම පුවරුවේ යන්නා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): človek na surfe: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba deska: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): qof alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mtu anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): шахси серфинг карда истода: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சர்பிங் செய்பவர்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ሰርፊንግ ምግባር፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fānifo: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o lelemelang mo metsing: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): sörf edýän adam: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba při surfowanju: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سرفر: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): دولقۇن كەزگۈچى: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): serfingchi: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person yn syrffio: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy sërfe: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): umntu otyibiliza phezu kwamaza: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Gun Iji: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Gun Iji: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ogibele isurf board: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `🏄🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F3C4\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3C4}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3C4\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 84 F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFC4 D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%84%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does 🏄🏾 mean?

A person riding a wave on a surfboard. It is a go-to for surfing, beach trips and ocean waves, summer and vacation vibes, and a laid-back, go-with-the-flow attitude. 🏄🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🏄🏾 and 🏄?

🏄🏾 is the 🏄 person surfing emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🏄 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 🏄🏾?

Find 🏄 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🏄🏾?

U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 🏄🏾

### When was 🏄🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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