The person bouncing ball: medium-dark skin tone emoji captures a gender-neutral hooper mid-dribble, perfect for when “ball is life” and you’ve got court on the brain. On Apple/iOS, it shows a left-facing athlete in a sleeveless sports top and shorts, knees bent, one hand patting an orange basketball with black seams, the other arm out for balance; clean gradients and smooth outlines give it that glossy iOS look. The medium-dark skin tone modifier brings rich brown shading to the face, arms, and legs, making the figure feel personalized and real. The expression reads focused-but-chill, like they’re seconds from a crossover, and the whole pose screams motion without a single speed line. You’ll see it in texts about pickup runs, practice, or just channeling game-day energy.
Online, people use it for “I’m bouncing” exits, dribbling around drama, or hyping a clutch play—think March Madness takes, NBA Finals live-tweets, and “ball don’t lie” moments. It pairs nicely with fire and star emojis for highlight-reel vibes, or with a winky face when someone says “shoot your shot.” Sarcastically, it can mean you’re juggling tasks like a point guard or that you’re dodging responsibilities with elite handles. It’s also a subtle flex in gym selfies, a self-own after a brick, or a tribute to playground legends and And1 mixtape nostalgia. Basically, it’s the digital sound of sneakers squeaking on hardwood—and yes, you’re allowed to yell “Kobe!” when you hit send.
The Person with Ball emoji combined with the Darker Brown flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the darker brown skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 4052 of 2393 |
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| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
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| 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: | Darker Brown Person with Ball Man Bouncing Ball: Medium-Dark Skin Tone person bouncing ball: medium-dark skin tone man bouncing ball: medium-dark 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, 1f3fe |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+26F9, U+1F3FE |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9977, 127998 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9B 0xB9, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9B B9, F0 9F 8F BE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 233 271, 360 237 217 276 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x26F9, 0xD83C 0xDFFE |
| UTF-16 Hex | 26f9, d83cdffe |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9977, 55356 57342 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x000026F9 0x0001F3FE |
| UTF-32 Hex | 26F9, 01F3FE |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9977, 127998 |
| Python Src | u"\u26F9\U0001F3FE" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9b\xb9\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbe" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u26F9\uD83C\uDFFE" |
