Ninja: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A figure dressed in a traditional dark-colored hood and face mask, shown in a stealthy, crouching posture. This version features a deep brown skin tone visible around the eyes and brow area.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone moving quietly, acting in secret, or possessing expert level skills. It is frequently sent in chats to signal that the sender is going offline or disappearing for a while. It pairs naturally with other action-oriented icons like ⚔️ or 💨.

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 for users to convey the concept of stealth and martial agility that was previously impossible to express with a single character.

Details

Glyph

🥷🏿

Unicode

U+1F977 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f977_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD77;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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