Man playing handball: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone captured mid-motion, leaping to throw a ball during a game of handball. The figure is depicted in a dynamic athletic stance, showing the specific arm extension required for a powerful lob or pass.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss handball matches, physical education, or competitive team sports. It serves as an active way to talk about playing a game or watching a tournament. It is frequently grouped with other athletic emojis like ⚽ or 🏀 when discussing general fitness or team activities.

History

Handball has been a fixture of the Olympic Games since 1972, but it wasn't until Unicode 9.0 in 2016 that the sport received its own dedicated emoji set. The addition of skin tone modifiers followed the push for more inclusive representation in digital characters, allowing users to better reflect the diverse reality of global sports teams.

Details

Glyph

🤾🏼‍♂

Unicode

U+1F93E U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f93e_1f3fc_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD3E;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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