Ninja: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A figure dressed in a traditional dark ninja uniform, complete with a hood and face covering that hides their features, rendered in a medium skin tone. The character is posed in a ready stance, suggesting agility and combat readiness.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone moving quietly, acting in a secretive manner, or possessing expert skills. It is the go-to emoji for talking about stealth missions, surprise appearances, or expressing a sense of mystery. It is frequently paired with 🗡️ to drive home the combat theme or 👣 to represent silent movement.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, the ninja was a highly requested addition to fill the gap for pop culture representations of clandestine warriors, joining other martial arts-related icons like 🥋.

Details

Glyph

🥷🏽

Unicode

U+1F977 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f977_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD77;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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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