# 🎳 Bowling emoji

🎳 Bowling is an emoji in the sports set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: ball, game, sport and strike.

- Emoji: 🎳
- Unicode name: bowling
- Code points: U+1F3B3
- Category: Activities, Sports
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :bowling:
- Keywords: ball, bowling, game, sport, strike
- Page: https://emojichart.com/bowling-emoji

## What it means

A heavy ball rolls toward a triangle of pins, as at a bowling alley. Bowling nights, leagues and alleys call for it, as does the idea of a strike, meaning knocking down all the pins or nailing something perfectly.

## How to type 🎳

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “bowling”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “bowling”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “bowling”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “bowling”.
- GitHub: Type :bowling: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | bolos | bola, bola de bolos, bolos, juego |
| Français (fr) | bowling | boule, bowling, jeu, partie, quilles, sport, strike |
| Deutsch (de) | Bowling | Bowling, Bowlingkugel, Kugel, Spiel |
| Italiano (it) | bowling | birilli, bowling, giocare, gioco, palla, palla da bowling, sport |
| Português (pt) | boliche | bola, boliche, jogo, strike |
| Nederlands (nl) | bowlen | bal, bowlen, spel, sport, strike |
| Svenska (sv) | bowling | bowling, bowlingklot, bowlingklot och käglor, klot |
| Polski (pl) | kręgle | bowling, kręgle, kula, sport |
| Türkçe (tr) | bovling | bovling, bovling ekipmanı, bovling topu, oyun, top |
| Русский (ru) | боулинг | боулинг, игра, кегли, спорт, страйк, шар, шары |
| Українська (uk) | куля і кеглі для боулінгу | боулінг, гра, куля і кеглі для боулінгу, м’яч, спорт |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μπόουλινγκ | άθλημα, μπάλα, μπόουλινγκ, παιχνίδι, σπορ, στράικ |
| العربية (ar) | بولينغ | بولينغ, رياضة, طابة, كرة, لعبة |
| עברית (he) | כדור באולינג | באולינג, כדור, כדורת, משחק, פינים |
| فارسی (fa) | بولینگ | بازی, بولینگ, توپ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बाउलिंग | खेल, गेंद, गेम, बाउलिंग, बाउलिंग बॉल |
| বাংলা (bn) | বোলিং | খেলা, বল, বোলিং, স্ট্রাইক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bowling | bola, bowling, game, olahraga, strike |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bowling | bowling, quả bóng, trò chơi |
| ไทย (th) | โบว์ลิ่ง | กีฬา, โบว์ลิ่ง |
| 日本語 (ja) | ボウリング | ストライク, スポーツ, ボール, ボウリング, 球 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 볼링 | 게임, 공, 볼링, 볼링공, 볼링핀, 스트라이크, 스포츠 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 保龄球 | 保龄球, 全倒, 球, 运动 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 保齡球 | 保齡球, 全倒, 球 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kegelbal
- Akan (ak): boolin
- Albanian (sq): bouling
- Amharic (am): ቦውሊንግ
- Armenian (hy): բոուլինգ
- Assamese (as): বৌলিং
- Azerbaijani (az): boulinq
- Bashkir (ba): боулинг
- Basque (eu): boloak
- Belarusian (be): боўлінг
- Bosnian (bs): kuglanje
- Breton (br): bowling
- Bulgarian (bg): боулинг
- Burmese (my): ဘိုးလင်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): jeu de quilles
- Cantonese (yue): 保齡球
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 保龄球
- Catalan (ca): bitlles
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎵᏐᏆᎴᏱᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): боулинг
- Croatian (hr): kuglanje
- Czech (cs): bowling
- Danish (da): bowling
- Estonian (et): keegel
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): bowling
- Faroese (fo): bowling
- Filipino (fil): bowling
- Finnish (fi): keilailu
- Galician (gl): birlos
- Georgian (ka): ბოულინგი
- Gujarati (gu): ગોલંદાજી
- Hausa (ha): wasan bowling
- Hungarian (hu): bowling
- Icelandic (is): keila
- Igbo (ig): egwuregwu ịkpọ bọọlụ
- Irish (ga): babhláil
- Javanese (jv): boling
- Kalaallisut (kl): bowling
- Kannada (kn): ಬೌಲಿಂಗ್
- Kazakh (kk): боулинг
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بوۋليڭ
- Khmer (km): បោះប៊ូល
- Kinyarwanda (rw): bowuringi
- Konkani (kok): बॉलिंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): боулинг
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): K’aqoj
- Lao (lo): ໂບລິ້ງ
- Latvian (lv): boulings
- Lithuanian (lt): boulingas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): bowling
- Luxembourgish (lb): Bowling
- Macedonian (mk): куглање
- Malay (ms): boling
- Malayalam (ml): ബൗളിംഗ്
- Maltese (mt): bowling
- Marathi (mr): गोलंदाजी
- Mongolian (mn): боулинг
- Māori (mi): poipīrori
- Nepali (ne): बलिङ्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bólin
- Northern Sotho (nso): go paola
- Norwegian (no): bowling
- Odia (or): ବୋଲିଂ
- Oromo (om): boowuliingii
- Pashto (ps): بالنګ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੌਲਿੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): گیند کرانا
- Quechua (qu): bolos
- Romanian (ro): bowling
- Romansh (rm): bowling
- Sardinian (sc): bowling
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bobhladh
- Serbian (sr): куглање
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kuglanje
- Shan (shn): ပူဝ်းလိင်း
- Sindhi (sd): بائولنگ
- Sinhala (si): පන්දු දමන්නා
- Slovak (sk): bowling
- Slovenian (sl): kegljanje
- Somali (so): shiishka
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): boliche
- Swahili (sw): mchezo wa kuvingirisha matufe chini
- Tajik (tg): боулинг
- Tamil (ta): பந்தை பவுலிங் செய்தல்
- Telugu (te): బౌలింగ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ቦውሊንግ
- Tongan (to): tekapulu
- Tswana (tn): boula
- Turkmen (tk): bouling
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): bowling
- Urdu (ur): باؤلنگ
- Uyghur (ug): دومىلىما توپ
- Uzbek (uz): bouling
- Welsh (cy): bowlio
- Wolof (wo): buliŋ
- Xhosa (xh): umdlalo ngeebhola zomthi
- Yoruba (yo): Bolin
- Zulu (zu): ukubhowla

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3B3` |
| HTML | `🎳` |
| CSS | `\1F3B3` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3B3}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3B3` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8E B3` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFB3` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8E%B3` |

## Questions

### What does the 🎳 bowling emoji mean?

A heavy ball rolls toward a triangle of pins, as at a bowling alley. Bowling nights, leagues and alleys call for it, as does the idea of a strike, meaning knocking down all the pins or nailing something perfectly.

### How do I type the 🎳 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “bowling”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bowling:.

### When was the 🎳 emoji added?

🎳 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🎳?

U+1F3B3. In HTML you can write 🎳, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3B3}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/bowling-emoji