Ninja: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A figure dressed in a traditional dark hood and face mask, shown in a medium-light skin tone. The character is posed in a ready stance, conveying the image of a covert operative or martial artist.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone acting behind the scenes, keeping a secret, or performing a task with extreme quiet and precision. People often use it alongside ⚔️ or 🤫 to emphasize a clandestine operation or a surprising turn of events.

History

The ninja emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0. It was created to fill a gap in pop culture representation, providing a way to depict the stealthy archetypes that have been a staple of action cinema and video games for decades.

Details

Glyph

🥷🏼

Unicode

U+1F977 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f977_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD77;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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