# ⛹️‍♂️ Man bouncing ball emoji

⛹️‍♂️ Man bouncing ball is an emoji in the people playing sports set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: athletic, basketball, championship, dribble, net and player.

- Emoji: ⛹️‍♂️
- Unicode name: man bouncing ball
- Code points: U+26F9 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :bouncing_ball_man:, :basketball_man:
- Keywords: athletic, ball, basketball, bouncing, championship, dribble, man, net, player, throw
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-emoji

## What it means

Focused on the dribble, this man bounces a basketball mid-play. People use it for basketball games and practice, shooting around with friends, and cheering on a team or a favorite player.

## Skin tones

- ⛹🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- ⛹🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- ⛹🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- ⛹🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- ⛹🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

⛹️‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. ⛹️ [Person bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-emoji.md) (U+26F9 U+FE0F)
2. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type ⛹️‍♂️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre botando un balón | balón, botar, hombre, hombre botando un balón, pelota |
| Français (fr) | homme avec ballon | ballon, homme, homme avec ballon |
| Deutsch (de) | Mann mit Ball | Ballsport, Handball, Mann, Mann mit Ball |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che fa rimbalzare una palla | palla, sport, uomo, uomo che fa rimbalzare una palla |
| Português (pt) | homem jogando basquete | basquete, bola, esporte, homem, homem jogando basquete |
| Nederlands (nl) | basketballer | bal, basketballer, man |
| Svenska (sv) | man med boll | boll, man, man med boll, manlig |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna kozłujący piłkę | koszykarz, koszykówka, kozłować, kozłujący piłkę, mecz, mężczyzna, piłka, sport |
| Türkçe (tr) | top sektiren erkek | adam, erkek, top, top sektiren erkek |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина с мячом | баскетбол, мужчина, мяч, спорт |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що веде мʼяч | м’яч, чоловік, чоловік із м’ячем, чоловік, що веде мʼяч, що веде мʼяч |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας παίζει μπάσκετ | άντρας, άντρας παίζει μπάσκετ, μπάλα, μπάσκετ |
| العربية (ar) | رجل وكرة | رجل وكرة, كرة |
| עברית (he) | גבר מקפיץ כדור | איש, גבר, גבר מקפיץ כדור, כדור |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد و توپ | بسکتبال, توپ, توپ‌بازی, توپ‌بازی کردن, مرد و توپ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गेंद से खेलता पुरुष | आदमी, गेंद, गेंद से खेलता पुरुष, पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের বল খেলা | ছেলে, ছেলেদের বল খেলা, পরুষ, বল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria memantulkan bola | bola, laki-laki, membawa, pria memantulkan bola |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông chơi bóng | bóng, đàn ông, người đàn ông chơi bóng |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายเล่นบอล | กีฬา, คน, ชิงแชมป์, นักกีฬา, นักบาส, บาส, บาสเก็ตบอล, ผู้ชาย, ลูก |
| 日本語 (ja) | バスケットボールをする男 | スポーツ, バスケ, バスケットボール, バスケットボールをする男, 球技, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 공 가진 남자 | 공, 공 튀기는 남자, 공을 갖고 있는 남자, 농구, 농구공, 농구선수, 드리블, 운동 선수, 자유투, 챔피언십 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生玩球 | 球, 男, 男生玩球 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生打球 | 球, 男, 男生打球 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man hop bal
- Akan (ak): Barima rebɔ bɔɔlo
- Albanian (sq): burrë që luan me top
- Amharic (am): ኳስ የያዘ ወንድ
- Armenian (hy): գնդակով տղամարդ
- Assamese (as): বল বাউঞ্চ কৰি থকা পুৰুষ
- Azerbaijani (az): futbolçu kişi
- Bashkir (ba): туп һуғыусы ир
- Basque (eu): baloi bat duen gizona
- Belarusian (be): мужчына з мячом
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac s loptom
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж с топка
- Burmese (my): ဘောလုံးပုတ်နေသည့် အမျိုးသား
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui fait rebondir un ballon
- Cantonese (yue): 拍波嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): home amb una pilota
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏓᏕᎬ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 打緊波嘅男人
- Chuvash (cv): мечӗклӗ арҫын
- Croatian (hr): muškarac vodi loptu
- Czech (cs): muž driblující s míčem
- Danish (da): mand, der dribler med en bold
- Estonian (et): mees palliga
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem com bola
- Faroese (fo): maður sum spælir kurvabólt
- Filipino (fil): lalaking may bola
- Finnish (fi): pallotteleva mies
- Galician (gl): xogador de baloncesto
- Georgian (ka): კაცი ბურთით
- Gujarati (gu): બોલ સાથેનો પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai tambara ƙwallo
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): ball se khelta aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): férfi labdával
- Icelandic (is): maður með bolta
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-atụ bọolụ
- Irish (ga): fear le liathróid
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang mentulake bal
- Kannada (kn): ಚೆಂಡಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪುರುಷ
- Kazakh (kk): доп ойнаған ер
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): دوپ ويناعان ەر
- Khmer (km): បុរសបោកបាល់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo uri gutera umupira
- Konkani (kok): दादलो बॉल बावंस करता
- Kyrgyz (ky): топ кармаган эркек
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kupixkansaj potz’
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນບານ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis ar bumbu
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras su kamuoliu
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): muski z balom
- Luxembourgish (lb): mam Ball dribbelende Mann
- Macedonian (mk): маж со топка
- Malay (ms): lelaki melantun bola
- Malayalam (ml): പന്തുകളിക്കാരൻ
- Maltese (mt): raġel iqabbeż ballun
- Marathi (mr): चेंडू उसळणारा पुरूष
- Mongolian (mn): бөмбөгтэй эрэгтэй хүн
- Māori (mi): tāne tāwhana pōro
- Nepali (ne): बल खेल्दै गरेको छोरामान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Baúns Bọl Fọ Graun
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o bethantšha polo
- Norwegian (no): mann med ball
- Odia (or): ବଲ୍‌କୁ ବାଉନ୍ସ କରାଉଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira kubbaa utaalchisu
- Pashto (ps): سړی بال تمبوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੇਂਦ ਲੁੜਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): زور نال گیند کراندا آدمی
- Quechua (qu): tata p’uluta chuqapachkan
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care bate mingea
- Romansh (rm): um cun balla
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ bocadh bàla
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац са лоптом
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac sa loptom
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد بائونسنگ بال سان کيڏندي
- Sinhala (si): බෝලයක් සහිත මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): muž s loptou
- Slovenian (sl): moški z žogo
- Somali (so): nin cayaaraya kubadda boodda
- Swahili (sw): mwanaume aliye na mpira
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки тӯбро ба замин зада истодааст
- Tamil (ta): பந்தாடும் ஆண்
- Telugu (te): బంతితో ఆడుతున్న పురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ኩዕሶ እናተበገሰ
- Tongan (to): tangata tōpuna pulu
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o itaaganyang bolo fa fatshe
- Turkmen (tk): topy bökdürýän erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž z bulom
- Urdu (ur): بال سے کھیلتا ہوا مرد
- Uyghur (ug): توپ ئويناۋاتقان ئەر
- Uzbek (uz): koptokli erkak
- Welsh (cy): dyn â phêl
- Wolof (wo): góor guy bondeel bal
- Xhosa (xh): indoda egqampisa ibhola
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń tà boun bọ́ọ̀lù
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń tà boun bɔ́ɔ̀lù
- Zulu (zu): indoda enebhola

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+26F9 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `⛹️‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\26F9\FE0F\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{26F9}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u26F9\uFE0F\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9B B9 EF B8 8F E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `26F9 FE0F 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9B%B9%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ⛹️‍♂️ man bouncing ball emoji mean?

Focused on the dribble, this man bounces a basketball mid-play. People use it for basketball games and practice, shooting around with friends, and cheering on a team or a favorite player.

### How do I type the ⛹️‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man bouncing ball”. 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 :bouncing_ball_man:.

### When was the ⛹️‍♂️ emoji added?

⛹️‍♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for ⛹️‍♂️?

U+26F9 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⛹️‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{26F9}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

### Does ⛹️‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: ⛹🏻‍♂️ light, ⛹🏼‍♂️ medium-light, ⛹🏽‍♂️ medium, ⛹🏾‍♂️ medium-dark and ⛹🏿‍♂️ dark.

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