Flying disc Emoji

Activities

A plastic, circular flying disc shown in mid-flight, often colored in bright orange or blue. It captures the distinct shape of a disc used in recreational play, with a slightly raised rim for grip.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent playing catch at the park, competitive ultimate games, or disc golf. It serves as a go-to icon for outdoor summer activities or a quick way to suggest meeting up at a beach or field, often paired with the ☀️ or 🌳 emojis.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of the push to represent more casual recreational sports. The disc itself gained global popularity in the 1950s after the Wham-O company rebranded their plastic 'Pluto Platter' to capitalize on the colloquial term 'Frisbee,' which originated from students throwing pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company.

Details

Glyph

🥏

Unicode

U+1F94F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f94f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD4F;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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