Man playing handball: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin depicted in motion, throwing a ball with one hand raised above his head. He is dressed in standard sports attire, capturing the high-energy moment of a handball game.

Usage Context

Used to discuss team sports, physical training, or the specific game of handball. It is frequently sent during major international tournaments or by fans of the sport to share excitement about a match, often accompanied by the or 🏀 emojis to categorize athletic activities.

History

This emoji was introduced as part of the Emoji 4.0 update in 2016, which focused on expanding the library of human characters to include a diverse range of skin tones using the Fitzpatrick scale. It builds upon the earlier, more basic sports icons that lacked individual character representation.

Details

Glyph
🤾🏾‍♂
Unicode
U+1F93E U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f93e_1f3fe_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
athleticsballcatchchuckhandballhurllobmanpitchplayingsportthrowtossathleteteam sportsmedium-dark skin tone

Microsoft Fluent License

Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.

Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.