# 🏄🏼 Person surfing emoji: medium-light skin tone

🏄🏼 is the person surfing emoji (🏄) with medium-light 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-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC
- 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-light-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 skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD
- 🏄🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE
- 🏄🏿 [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-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)

## 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-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person surfing”, then pick medium-light 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 claro medio | persona haciendo surf, surf, surfear, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | personne faisant du surf : peau moyennement claire | glisse, homme, mer, océan, peau moyennement claire, personne, personne faisant du surf, plage, planche, sport, surf, vagues |
| Deutsch (de) | Surfer(in): mittelhelle Hautfarbe | mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Person, Sport, Surfboard, Surfbrett, Surfen, Surfer, Surfer(in), Surferin, Wassersport, Wellenreiten, Wellenreiter, Wellenreiterin |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa surf: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, mare, onde, persona, persona che fa surf, spiaggia, sport, surf, surfare, tavola |
| Português (pt) | surfista: pele morena clara | esporte, onda, ondas, pele morena clara, pessoa, praia, prancha, surf, surfista |
| Nederlands (nl) | surfer: lichtgetinte huidskleur | golf, golven, lichtgetinte huidskleur, oceaan, sport, strand, surfen, surfende persoon, surfer, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | person som surfar: mellanljus hy | hav, mellanljus hy, person som surfar, strand, surfare, surfing, surfning |
| Polski (pl) | surfująca osoba: karnacja średnio jasna | deska, fala, karnacja średnio jasna, morze, ocean, osoba, sport, surfer, surferka, surfing, surfująca |
| Türkçe (tr) | sörf yapan kişi: orta açık cilt tonu | dalga, dalga sörfü, erkek sörfçü, kişi, okyanus, orta açık cilt tonu, plaj, sahil, sörf yapan kişi, sörfçü, spor, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | серфинг: светлый тон кожи | вода, волны, доска, светлый тон кожи, серфинг, спорт |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що займається серфінгом: помірно світлий тон шкіри | людина, океан, пляж, помірно світлий тон шкіри, серфер, серфінг, спортсмен, хвилі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σέρφερ: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άθλημα, άντρας σέρφερ, άτομο που κάνει σερφ, γυμναστική, κύματα, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, παραλία, σέρφερ, σέρφινγκ, σπορ, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | شخص يركب الأمواج: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | أشخاص, أمواج, بحر, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, ركوب أمواج, رياضة, شاطئ, شخص يركب أمواج, شخص يركب الأمواج, محيط, موج, موجة طويلة |
| עברית (he) | גולש גלים: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | אדם גולש על גלשן, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, גולש, גלים, גלישה, גלישת גלים, גלשן, חוף, ים, ספורט |
| فارسی (fa) | موج‌سوار: پوست روشن | اقیانوس, امواج, پوست روشن, تخته موج سواری, دریا, ساحل, متلاطم, مرد, مرد موج سوار, موج, موج سواری, موج‌سوار, موج‌سواری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | खेल, बीच, लहरें, समुद्र, सर्फ़र, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता आदमी, सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति, हल्की गोरी त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | সার্ফার: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | ক্রীড়া, খেলাধুলা, বীচ, ব্যক্তির সার্ফিং, মহাসাগর, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, সমুদ্র সৈকত, সমুদ্রতীর, সার্ফ করা, সার্ফার, সার্ফিং, স্পোর্টস |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang berselancar: warna kulit cerah-sedang | laki-laki, laut, olahraga, ombak, orang berselancar, pantai, pria, selancar, seluncur, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người lướt sóng: màu da sáng trung bình | bãi biển, biển, lướt sóng, màu da sáng trung bình, người lướt sóng, sóng, thể thao, vận động viên lướt sóng |
| ไทย (th) | นักโต้คลื่น: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, นักเซิร์ฟ, มหาสมุทร |
| 日本語 (ja) | サーフィンする人: やや薄い肌色 | サーファー, サーフィン, サーフィンする人, スポーツ, やや薄い肌色, 波, 波乗り, 海 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 서핑하는 사람: 연한 갈색 피부 | 바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑하는 사람, 스포츠, 연한 갈색 피부, 파도, 파도 타기, 해변, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 冲浪: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 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：黃皮膚 | 人物, 水上運動, 海, 海灘, 衝浪, 衝浪板, 衝浪者, 運動, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): branderplankryer: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): obi resεεfe: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): sërfist: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): սերֆեր․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): sörfer: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): серфингсы кеше: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): surflaria: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): сёрфінг: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba surfa: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): сърфист: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေလွှာလှိုင်းစီးသူ − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui fait du surf : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 滑浪嘅人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 滑浪嘅人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona que fa surf: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏙᎯ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 滑浪：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): сефинг: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): surfer: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba na surfu: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): surfer: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): surfar: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): surfista: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum skreiður á brimfjøl: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): surfer: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): surffaaja: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): surfista: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): სერფერი: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સર્ફિંગ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): surfing karta vyakti: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): szörföző: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): brimbrettamaður: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye egwuregwu oshimiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine ag surfáil: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong slancar: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಸರ್ಫರ್: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): серфер: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەرفەر: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សជិះក្តារលើរលក: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu ugendera hejuru y’amazi: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती सर्फ करता: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сёрфер: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq aj etz’anel pa ja’: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນັກຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): sērfotājs: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a fa surf: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): banglentininkas: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba pśi surfowanju: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Surfer(in): mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): лице кое сурфа: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): peluncur air: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): സർഫർ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna surfing: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): पाण्‍याच्या लाटांवर तरंगणारा: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): серфингээр гулгаж байгаа хүн: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tangata whakaheke ngaru: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): सर्फर: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho a sesa lewatleng: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): surfer: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): surfar: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama bololi’u: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): شخص سرفنگ کوي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਰਫ਼ਿੰਗ ਕਰਨਾ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ویلا گزادا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa surfeando: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care practică surfing: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che fa surfing: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ surfadh: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа сурфује: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): особа сурфује: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba surfuje: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osoba surfuje: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص سرفنگ ڪندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): හිම පුවරුවේ යන්නා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): človek na surfe: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba deska: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mtu anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): шахси серфинг карда истода: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சர்பிங் செய்பவர்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ሰርፊንግ ምግባር፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fānifo: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o lelemelang mo metsing: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): sörf edýän adam: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba při surfowanju: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سرفر: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): دولقۇن كەزگۈچى: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): serfingchi: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person yn syrffio: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy sërfe: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): umntu otyibiliza phezu kwamaza: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Gun Iji: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Gun Iji: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ogibele isurf board: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC` |
| HTML | `🏄🏼` |
| CSS | `\1F3C4\1F3FC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3C4}\u{1F3FC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3C4\U0001F3FC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 84 F0 9F 8F BC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFC4 D83C DFFC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%84%F0%9F%8F%BC` |

## 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-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🏄🏼 is the 🏄 person surfing emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🏄 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC.

### How do I type 🏄🏼?

Find 🏄 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light 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+1F3FC. In HTML you can write 🏄🏼

### When was 🏄🏼 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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