The pool 8 ball emoji is the slick, last-boss of the billiards table—the one you sink when it’s victory time or scratch into heartbreak. People drop it to say “game on,” “high stakes,” or “all or nothing,” and it doubles as a vibe check for pressure, luck, and clutch moments. In texts and captions, it’s the digital equivalent of chalking your cue: meetups at the pool hall, late-night dive-bar plans, or bragging about a clean trick shot. Used ironically, it can hint at a plot twist or “don’t mess this up” energy, the emoji version of standing over the final shot while everyone’s watching.
On Apple devices, it’s a glossy black sphere with a bright white circular inset and a bold black 8, lit with a top-left highlight and a soft shadow that makes it look deliciously real. That minimal, centered front view is so crisp you can almost hear the clack on green felt. Culturally, it nods to hustler legends and pool-in-the-movies swagger (think smoky rooms and confidence you can bank-shot). People also use it for the phrase “behind the eight ball” when they’re in a tight spot, and sometimes as a cheeky stand-in for the Magic 8 Ball’s fate-vibes—ask again later, but make it aesthetic.
Definition
Anyone want to play some pool? 9ball? Stripes and Solids? You name it. iEmoji old name: Eight Ball.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1092 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:8ball:
Keywords
Billiards, Eight Ball, Pool, Pocket Ball, Cue
Previous Names:
Billiards
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Game Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Game Symbols
Names & Annotations
BILLIARDS
Symbol Information
U+1F3B1 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-80E
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ビリヤード]
KDDI
#470 ビリヤード 「biriyaado」 U+EADD SJIS-F3B1 JIS-7A33
Softbank
#159 #old391 ビリヤード 「biriyaado」 U+E42C SJIS-FB6C
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e42c
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E42C
Decimal Code Point(s)
58412
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x90 0xAC
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 90 AC
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 220 254
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE42C
UTF-16 Hex
e42c
UTF-16 Dec
58412
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E42C
UTF-32 Hex
E42C
UTF-32 Dec
58412
Python Src
u"\uE42C"
PHP Src
"\xee\x90\xac"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE42C"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🎱
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🎱
Decimal HTML Entity
🎱
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🎱
Hex Code Point(s)
1f3b1
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F3B1
Decimal Code Point(s)
127921
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0xB1
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8E B1
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 216 261
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDFB1
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdfb1
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57265
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F3B1
UTF-32 Hex
01F3B1
UTF-32 Dec
127921
Python Src
u"\U0001F3B1"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8e\xb1"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDFB1"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
