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 š 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
ā¹š¾
Unicode
U+26F9 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u26f9_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
⛹��
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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