Badminton Emoji

Activities

A crossed pair of white and red badminton racquets sitting behind a shuttlecock, also known as a birdie. The design captures the gear used in the fast-paced court game that involves hitting a feathered projectile back and forth over a net.

Usage Context

Used to discuss matches, invite friends to play a game, or reference recreational sports. It is frequently sent alongside other activity icons like 🎾 or 🏃 to suggest outdoor exercise or healthy competition.

History

Badminton was added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of Emoji 1.0. Its inclusion helped round out the sports category by representing one of the most popular racquet sports played globally, specifically highlighting the unique equipment that separates it from standard tennis.

Details

Glyph

🏸

Unicode

U+1F3F8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3f8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFF8;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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