A whole vibe for hoop dreams and pickup invites, the person bouncing ball: medium skin tone emoji is your go-to for anything basketball and anything “keep it moving.” People drop it when they’re heading to the court, hyping a game, or tossing the classic “the ball is in your court” line—sometimes motivational, sometimes passive-aggressively spicy. It also doubles as a life-update: you’re juggling tasks, bouncing back from a rough week, or signaling a quick pivot with point guard energy. Flirty usage shows up too—think “hoop later?” or a slick “shoot your shot” moment.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a gender-neutral athlete mid-dribble: side profile, one hand palming that bright orange basketball at hip level, decked in sporty top and shorts with clean white sneakers. The medium skin tone modifier gives the character a warm tan complexion on face, arms, and legs, with Apple’s smooth gradients and that crisp, slightly glossy finish you instantly recognize. The pose feels in-motion—like they just crossed half-court and are scanning for the assist—making it great for messages about momentum, hustle, or not dropping the ball.
Culturally, it leans into NBA Twitter chatter, March Madness chaos, and park-court bravado—perfect for celebrating a big W, clowning an ankle-breaker, or posting those “we up” highlight reels. Used ironically, it can mean “I’m out” as you dribble away from drama; dramatically, it’s the rebound arc after a plot twist; and in meme-land, it screams “ballin’” whether you’re actually hooping or just bouncing between meetings like it’s Game 7.
The Person with Ball emoji combined with the Olive Toned flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the olive toned skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 4051 of 2393 |
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| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Olive Toned Person with Ball Man Bouncing Ball: Medium Skin Tone person bouncing ball: medium skin tone man bouncing ball: medium skin tone |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ⛹🏽 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ⛹🏽 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ⛹ 🏽 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ⛹ 🏽 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 26f9, 1f3fd |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+26F9, U+1F3FD |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9977, 127997 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9B 0xB9, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9B B9, F0 9F 8F BD |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 233 271, 360 237 217 275 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x26F9, 0xD83C 0xDFFD |
| UTF-16 Hex | 26f9, d83cdffd |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9977, 55356 57341 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x000026F9 0x0001F3FD |
| UTF-32 Hex | 26F9, 01F3FD |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9977, 127997 |
| Python Src | u"\u26F9\U0001F3FD" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9b\xb9\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u26F9\uD83C\uDFFD" |
