Woman playing water polo Emoji

People

A female athlete treading water, reaching one arm up to throw or catch a yellow water polo ball. The figure is shown from the chest up, highlighting the intense, physical nature of the sport.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for discussing water polo games, swim meets, or general aquatic sports. It is frequently used by athletes to signal practice times or by fans during major competitions like the Olympics. It serves as the feminine counterpart to the male 🤽‍♂️ emoji.

History

Water polo was added to the emoji set in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0. It was introduced alongside a wider push to include gender-inclusive representation for sports, acknowledging the long-standing popularity of professional women’s water polo leagues globally.

Details

Glyph

🤽‍♀

Unicode

U+1F93D U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f93d_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD3D;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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