Person Running
๐ is the person running emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with โfastโ, โhurryโ, โmarathonโ, and โmoveโ.
Skin tones
Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.
Where person-activity emoji usually appear
DBEmoji editorial interpretationApplies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.
- Describing what someone is doing right now
- Captioning activity, hobby, and lifestyle posts
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- RUNNER
- CLDR short name
- person running
- Codepoint
- U+1F3C3
- Hex
- 1F3C3
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- First released
- 2010
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- person-activity
- DBEmoji collection
- Activity
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Activity is a DBEmoji collection drawn from Unicodeโs People & Body group (the person-activity and person-resting subgroups). How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:runner::running:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRfast ยท hurry ยท marathon ยท move ยท person ยท quick ยท race ยท racing ยท run ยท rush ยท speed
Tags
How it looks

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)
Download as image
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Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text โ rendering depends on the viewer.
Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji โ original artwork
Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of ๐. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256ร256.
Questions people ask
- What does the ๐ person running emoji mean?
- ๐ is the person running emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with โfastโ, โhurryโ, โmarathonโ, and โmoveโ.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for ๐?
- U+1F3C3, named RUNNER in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the ๐ person running emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type ๐ on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for โperson runningโ. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy ๐ from this page with one click.
- Does ๐ come in different skin tones?
- Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. They all mean the same thing; long-press ๐ on a phone keyboard to pick one.
- What is the shortcode for ๐?
- On GitHub, type :runner: or :running: and it turns into ๐ โ those codes come from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
