Curling stone Emoji
Activities
A heavy, polished granite stone with a brightly colored handle on top. It is the signature equipment used in the sport of curling, designed to slide across a sheet of ice toward a target.
Usage Context
Used to discuss winter sports, the Olympic Games, or the game of curling itself. It is frequently sent during the Winter Olympics or to describe a situation where one needs to carefully navigate an obstacle, similar to how players sweep the ice to guide the 🥌. It is often paired with ⛸️ or ❄️ to set a winter theme.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0, this icon was added due to the growing global popularity of curling and its status as a staple event during the Winter Olympics, bridging the gap between niche ice sports and mainstream digital communication.
Details
Glyph
🥌
Unicode
U+1F94C
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f94c:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Activities
Subcategory sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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