U+26F9 U+1F3FF

⛹🏿 Person bouncing ball: dark skin tone

Skin tone A click copies the symbol with the chosen tone — no need to open a separate page.

athletic ball basketball bouncing championship dark skin tone dribble net person player throw

Shortcode
Unicode version
8.0 (2015)
Emoji version
2.0 (2015)
Status
fully-qualified

What ⛹🏿 is made of

This symbol is written with several code points rather than one. Here is what stands behind it, in order.

  1. person bouncing ball U+26F9
  2. 🏿 skin tone U+1F3FF

Will your readers see ⛹🏿

The symbol predates 2018, so every system in use today draws it. Safe for an email, a heading or a signature.

  • Apple always there
  • Google always there
  • Microsoft always there
  • Samsung always there

Checked against release descriptions on August 31, 2026. When new emoji reach devices.

Where the ⛹🏿 emoji is used

The ⛹🏿 smiley copies in one tap and pastes into a chat as text, not as a picture: it is a Unicode symbol, so it works the same in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and in a post caption. Every platform draws emoji its own way — below you can see how person bouncing ball: dark skin tone is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.

How the smiley looks on different platforms

Only openly licensed emoji sets are shown. Artwork from Apple, Samsung and other closed platforms is not reproduced. Emoji fonts and image sets.

Emoji codes for developers

Name in other languages

English person bouncing ball: dark skin tone
Русский баскетболист: очень темный тон кожи
Deutsch Person mit Ball: dunkle Hautfarbe
Español persona botando un balón: tono de piel oscuro
Français personne avec ballon : peau foncée
Polski osoba kozłująca piłkę: karnacja ciemna
Dansk person, der dribler med en bold: mørk teint
Українська людина, що веде мʼяч: темний тон шкіри
Português pessoa jogando basquete: pele escura

Unicode CLDR 48