Bowling Emoji

Activities

A dark, spherical bowling ball positioned in front of three white bowling pins with red stripes. The imagery captures a mid-game moment on a wooden lane.

Usage Context

Used to suggest heading out to the bowling alley, playing a competitive game, or jokingly referring to 'striking out' in a social situation. It is frequently sent alongside 🎯 to emphasize aim or 🏆 to celebrate a high score.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the bowling emoji reflects the global popularity of ten-pin bowling as a recreational sport. Its design was standardized to translate across different mobile platforms, ensuring that the classic game format remained recognizable regardless of the device interface.

Details

Glyph

🎳

Unicode

U+1F3B3

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3b3:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFB3;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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