The skis emoji is your all-access pass to winter flexing: planning a slope-side getaway, humblebragging about fresh powder, or declaring that it’s officially hot cocoa o’clock. People drop it with snowflakes and mountain peaks to RSVP to nature’s coldest party, or toss it into a text when they’re about to “send it” down a black diamond (or, realistically, pizza-plow the whole way). It doubles as a punchline for life going downhill fast—in a chaotic-meeting, slippery-situation kind of way. Bonus points for après-ski vibes: think chalet selfies, goggle tans, and that one friend who won’t stop saying “pow day.”
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot a clean, glossy pair of bright red skis angled diagonally with slim gray poles sporting blue handles—simple bindings, crisp lines, no rider in sight. The look screams fresh tune-up and “whoosh” energy, instantly recognizable even at tiny sizes. Culturally, it taps into Winter Olympics hype, resort culture from Aspen to St. Moritz, and the eternal beginner saga of “pizza vs. french fries.” It’s playful, flirty (“be my snow bunny?”), and ironically dramatic when a convo needs a stylish downhill exit.
Definition
The sport of skiing. Skiing is a winter sport where a person attaches a ski to each foot and slides on snow. A very popular sport to watch during the winter Olympics. There are general categories of recreational skiing, downhill skiing and cross-country skiing. Downhill skiing requires starting at the top of hill or mountain. Cross-country skiing does not require a hill and can be done on a flat surface. Can also be used to communicate water skiing, a sport where a person skis on top of water while being pulled behind a motor boat (ski boat).
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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.
Light blue Snow skis and poles as if someone is wearing and holding them but there is no one there. No slopes either.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Sport Symbols
Names & Annotations
SKI AND SKI BOOT Old name: SKIING = skiing x (skier - 26F7) Temporary Notes: ski and boots, or ski and poles. disunified from U+26F7 (ARIB-9138: SKIER) because U+26F7 is a person on a ski while all 3 carriers have a boot on a ski.
Symbol Information
U+1F3BF proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7D5
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#26 'Ski' スキー 「sukii」 U+E657 SJIS-F8B8 JIS-7960
KDDI
#421 スキー 「sukii」 U+EAAC SJIS-F380 JIS-7960
Softbank
#157 #old19 スキー 「sukii」 U+E013 SJIS-F953
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f3bf
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F3BF
Decimal Code Point(s)
127935
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0xBF
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8E BF
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 216 277
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDFBF
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdfbf
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57279
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F3BF
UTF-32 Hex
01F3BF
UTF-32 Dec
127935
Python Src
u"\U0001F3BF"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8e\xbf"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDFBF"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
