U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
ππ½ββοΈ Man surfing: medium skin tone
- Category
- People & Body
- Subcategory
- People Doing Sports
- Shortcode
- Unicode version
- 9.0 (2016)
- Emoji version
- 4.0 (2016)
- Status
- fully-qualified
What ππ½ββοΈ is made of
This symbol is glued together from several: an invisible joiner sits between them. Software that does not know about the joiner shows the parts separately.
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π
person surfing
U+1F3C4 -
π½
skin tone
U+1F3FD -
β
invisible joiner
U+200D -
β
male sign
U+2642 -
οΈ
Β«draw as a pictureΒ» marker
U+FE0F
Hence the familiar surprise: you send one picture and the other side gets several in a row, and deleting removes the symbol piece by piece. That is not a fault but how the standard itself works.
Will your readers see ππ½ββοΈ
The symbol predates 2018, so every system in use today draws it. Safe for an email, a heading or a signature.
- Apple always there
- Google always there
- Microsoft always there
- Samsung always there
Checked against release descriptions on August 31, 2026. When new emoji reach devices.
Where the ππ½ββοΈ emoji is used
The ππ½ββοΈ smiley copies in one tap and pastes into a chat as text, not as a picture: it is a Unicode symbol, so it works the same in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and in a post caption. Every platform draws emoji its own way β below you can see how man surfing: medium skin tone is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.
How the smiley looks on different platforms
- ππ½ββοΈ Your deviceNative system font
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Noto Color Emoji
Apache License 2.0
πΎ SVG
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OpenMoji
CC BY-SA 4.0
πΎ SVG
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Twemoji
CC BY 4.0
πΎ SVG
Only openly licensed emoji sets are shown. Artwork from Apple, Samsung and other closed platforms is not reproduced. Emoji fonts and image sets.
Skin tone Β· Gender
- π person surfing
- ππ» person surfing: light skin tone
- ππΌ person surfing: medium-light skin tone
- ππ½ person surfing: medium skin tone
- ππΎ person surfing: medium-dark skin tone
- ππΏ person surfing: dark skin tone
- πββοΈ man surfing
- ππ»ββοΈ man surfing: light skin tone
- ππΌββοΈ man surfing: medium-light skin tone
- ππ½ββοΈ man surfing: medium skin tone
- ππΎββοΈ man surfing: medium-dark skin tone
- ππΏββοΈ man surfing: dark skin tone
- πββοΈ woman surfing
- ππ»ββοΈ woman surfing: light skin tone
- ππΌββοΈ woman surfing: medium-light skin tone
- ππ½ββοΈ woman surfing: medium skin tone
- ππΎββοΈ woman surfing: medium-dark skin tone
- ππΏββοΈ woman surfing: dark skin tone
Emoji codes for developers
Name in other languages
| English | man surfing: medium skin tone |
|---|---|
| Π ΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ | ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ½Π³ΠΈΡΡ: ΡΡΠ΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎΠ½ ΠΊΠΎΠΆΠΈ |
| Deutsch | Surfer: mittlere Hautfarbe |
| EspaΓ±ol | hombre haciendo surf: tono de piel medio |
| FranΓ§ais | surfeurβ―: peau lΓ©gΓ¨rement mate |
| Polski | surfujΔ cy mΔΕΌczyzna: karnacja Εrednia |
| Dansk | mandlig surfer: medium teint |
| Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΡΠΊΠ° | ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ½Π³ΡΡΡ: ΠΏΠΎΠΌΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΊΡΡΠΈ |
| PortuguΓͺs | homem surfista: pele morena |
Unicode CLDR 48
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