Person Walking

🚶 is the person walking emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “amble”, “gait”, “hike”, and “man”.

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

person walking

person walking: light skin tone

person walking: medium-light skin tone

person walking: medium skin tone

person walking: medium-dark skin tone

person walking: dark skin tone

Where person-activity emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies 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: PEDESTRIAN
CLDR short name: person walking
Codepoint: U+1F6B6
Hex: 1F6B6
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 Unicode’s 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.

:walking:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

amble · gait · hike · man · pace · pedestrian · person · stride · stroll · walk · walking

How it looks

Person Walking — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Person Walking — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

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 — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🚶. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🚶 person walking emoji mean?: 🚶 is the person walking emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “amble”, “gait”, “hike”, and “man”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🚶?: U+1F6B6, named PEDESTRIAN in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🚶 person walking 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 🚶 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “person walking”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🚶 from this page with one click.
Does 🚶 come in different skin tones?: Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: 🚶🏻 🚶🏼 🚶🏽 🚶🏾 🚶🏿. They all mean the same thing; long-press 🚶 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
What is the shortcode for 🚶?: On GitHub, type :walking: and it turns into 🚶 — that code comes 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.