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
��‍♀
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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