What does ๐ Person Swimming mean?
A swimmer doing freestyle strokes, head just above the water. It is used for swim practice, laps at the pool, beach days, and triathlon training. People also send it as an invitation to go swimming or to celebrate the first warm day of summer. Jokingly, it can mean you are swimming through a pile of work. Man and woman variants are available.
๐ Person Swimming is an emoji from the People & Body category (people playing sports), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about freestyle, sport, swim, swimmer and triathlon.
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๐ Person Swimming on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person Swimming looks on each platform.
Person Swimming in every skin tone
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Person Swimming emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Person Swimming emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :swimmer:.
When was the Person Swimming emoji added?
๐ Person Swimming was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Person Swimming emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Person Swimming. The underlying code (U+1F3CA) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.