Man bouncing ball emoji ⛹️♂️
Emoji 4.0 (2016) · U+26F9 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What ⛹️♂️ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ⛹️♂️ are athletic, ball, basketball, bouncing, championship, dribble, man, net, player, throw. They show what people use it for.
Search for athletic or ball on your emoji keyboard and ⛹️♂️ is among the results.
You will find ⛹️♂️ among the people playing sports (43 emoji), part of people & body with 390 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ⛹️♀️ 🏋️ 🏋️♂️ 🏋️♀️.
Besides the default yellow, ⛹️♂️ has 5 skin tones, from ⛹🏻♂️ light to ⛹🏿♂️ dark. Each one is a separate emoji you can copy above.
Will ⛹️♂️ show on my friend's phone?
⛹️♂️ has been around since Emoji 4.0 (2016), so it is safe to send to anyone.
What ⛹️♂️ is made of
⛹️♂️ is a sequence of 2 emoji: ⛹️ person bouncing ball + ♂️ male sign, glued together with the invisible zero width joiner (U+200D). A phone that does not know the combination shows the parts side by side.
How to type ⛹️♂️
Search for man bouncing ball in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ⛹️♂️.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type man bouncing ball.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type man bouncing ball in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type man bouncing ball.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ⛹️♂️ is 5 code points (U+26F9 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F), 15 bytes in UTF-8 and 5 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+26F9 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⛹️‍♂️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⛹️‍♂️ | |
| CSS | content: "\26F9 \FE0F \200D \2642 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u26F9\uFE0F\u200D\u2642\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%9B%B9%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9B B9 EF B8 8F E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⛹️♂️ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | man bouncing ball |
| Português | homem jogando basquete |
| Español | hombre botando un balón |
| Italiano | uomo che fa rimbalzare una palla |
| Français | homme avec ballon |
| Deutsch | Mann mit Ball |
| Türkçe | top sektiren erkek |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria memantulkan bola |
| Polski | mężczyzna kozłujący piłkę |
| Русский | мужчина с мячом |
| 日本語 | バスケットボールをする男 |
| 한국어 | 공 가진 남자 |
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What does the man bouncing ball emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⛹️♂️ "man bouncing ball" and links it with athletic, ball, basketball, bouncing. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the people playing sports subgroup of people & body.
When was the man bouncing ball emoji added?
In Emoji 4.0, released in 2016. Every current phone and computer has it.
Can I change the skin tone of ⛹️♂️?
Yes. ⛹️♂️ has these skin tones: ⛹🏻♂️ ⛹🏼♂️ ⛹🏽♂️ ⛹🏾♂️ ⛹🏿♂️. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.