Person bouncing ball: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A figure with medium-dark skin depicted in mid-motion while dribbling a ball. The character is shown in a crouched, active stance, signaling movement and physical coordination.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to discuss basketball games, team sports, or physical exercise. It acts as a quick way to signal you are headed to the gym or to talk about a live match. It is often sent alongside the 🏀 emoji to specify the sport.
History
This character originated as a gender-neutral silhouette in early character sets. As platform support for diverse skin tones expanded through Unicode 8.0 in 2015, the ability to apply modifiers like the medium-dark skin tone allowed users to better represent athletes of different backgrounds in digital conversations.
Details
Glyph
⛹🏾
Unicode
U+26F9 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u26f9_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
⛹��
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
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.
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