Person bouncing ball: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with a medium-light skin tone shown in a mid-stride athletic pose, actively bouncing a basketball. The figure is captured in motion, leaning forward with one hand extended toward the ball.

Usage Context

Used to discuss sports, physical activity, or team spirit. It is the go-to graphic for fans chatting about professional basketball games, pickup matches at the park, or expressing a general interest in fitness. Often paired with 🏀 or 🏆 to celebrate a big win or an intense workout session.

History

This character started as a gender-neutral silhouette in early Unicode releases but was updated in later versions to allow for specific skin tone modifiers. The addition of the skin tone palette reflects a broader push to make digital sports representation more inclusive for the global gaming and social media community.

Details

Glyph

⛹🏼

Unicode

U+26F9 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u26f9_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

⛹&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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

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