Ice skate Emoji

Activities

A single ice skate featuring a white boot and a sharp metal blade attached to the sole. The image captures the classic figure skating look often associated with winter recreation and competitive athletics.

Usage Context

Used to discuss winter sports, trips to the local rink, or cold-weather hobbies. It serves as a go-to icon during the holiday season or when someone is planning an outing, often appearing alongside ❄️ or ⛸️ to emphasize a wintry theme.

History

Added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, this emoji was part of a push to broaden the range of sports and equipment available in character sets. It reflects the global popularity of ice skating as both a high-stakes Olympic discipline and a casual public pastime.

Details

Glyph

⛸

Unicode

U+26F8

Shortcode

:emoji_u26f8:

HTML Entity

⛸

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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