Woman bouncing ball: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with medium-dark skin depicted mid-dribble, bouncing a basketball. She is shown in a dynamic athletic stance, conveying movement and sports activity.

Usage Context

Used to discuss basketball games, sports training, or rooting for a favorite team during a championship. It serves as a go-to icon when talking about hitting the court or heading to the gym. People frequently pair it with ๐Ÿ€ or ๐Ÿ† to show support for a winning performance.

History

This emoji began as a generic character, but evolved through Unicodeโ€™s effort to add diversity through skin tone modifiers. It draws on the visual language of sports signage and early digital icons designed to represent active lifestyles in messaging apps.

Details

Glyph
โ›น๐Ÿพโ€โ™€
Unicode
U+26F9 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u26f9_1f3fe_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
⛹��‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
athleticballbasketballbouncingchampionshipdribblenetplayerthrowwomansportsathletemedium-dark skin toneexercise

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