# 🤾‍♂️ Man playing handball emoji

🤾‍♂️ Man playing handball 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: athletics, ball, catch, chuck, hurl and lob.

- Emoji: 🤾‍♂️
- Unicode name: man playing handball
- Code points: U+1F93E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :man_playing_handball:
- Keywords: athletics, ball, catch, chuck, handball, hurl, lob, man, pitch, playing, sport, throw, toss
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-emoji

## What it means

A man poised to hurl a ball in a game of handball. Common uses include handball matches and practice, throwing and catching, general sports talk, and cheering on a handball team.

## Skin tones

- 🤾🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🤾‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤾 [Person playing handball](https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-emoji.md) (U+1F93E)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
4. 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 playing handball”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man playing handball”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man playing handball”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man playing handball”.
- GitHub: Type :man_playing_handball: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre jugando al balonmano | balonmanista, balonmano, deporte, hombre, hombre jugando al balonmano |
| Français (fr) | handballeur | handball, handballeur, homme, sport |
| Deutsch (de) | Handballspieler | Handball, Handballspieler, Mann, Sport |
| Italiano (it) | pallamanista uomo | palla, pallamanista uomo, pallamano, sport, uomo, uomo che gioca a pallamano |
| Português (pt) | jogador de handebol | bola, esporte, handball, handebol, homem, jogador, jogando, menino, quadra |
| Nederlands (nl) | man die handbal speelt | handballen, handballende man, handballer, man, man die handbal speelt, sport |
| Svenska (sv) | man som spelar handboll | handboll, man, man som spelar handboll, sport |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna grający w piłkę ręczną | grający, mężczyzna, piłka, piłką, piłkarz, ręczna, ręczny, rzut, sport, szczypiorniak, szczypiornista, w piłkę ręczną |
| Türkçe (tr) | hentbol oynayan erkek | adam, erkek, hentbol, hentbol oynayan erkek, spor |
| Русский (ru) | гандболист | гандбол, гандболист, мужчина, спорт |
| Українська (uk) | гандболіст | гандбол, гандболіст, гол, гра, змагання, спорт, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας παίζει χάντμπολ | άθλημα, άντρας, άντρας παίζει χάντμπολ, χάντμπολ, χειροσφαίριση |
| العربية (ar) | لاعب كرة يد | رجال, رجل, رياضة, كرة يد, لاعب كرة يد |
| עברית (he) | גבר משחק כדוריד | אדם, איש, גבר, גבר משחק כדור יד, גבר משחק כדוריד, כדור יד, כדוריד, ספורטאי |
| فارسی (fa) | هندبالیست مرد | هندبال, هندبال بازی کردن, هندبالیست, هندبالیست مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हैंडबॉल खेलता पुरुष | खेल, गेंद, पुरुष, हैंडबाल, हैंडबॉल खेलता पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | হ্যান্ডবল খেলছে এমন পুরুষ | খেলাধুলা, পুরুষ, ব্যক্তি, মানুষ, হ্যান্ডবল, হ্যান্ডবল খেলছে এমন পুরুষ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria bermain bola tangan | bola tangan, laki-laki, olahraga, pria, pria bermain bola tangan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông chơi bóng ném | bóng ném, đàn ông, người đàn ông chơi bóng ném |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายเล่นแฮนด์บอล | กีฬา, ขว้าง, คน, บอล, ผู้ชาย, โยน, ลูก, แฮนด์บอล |
| 日本語 (ja) | ハンドボールをする男 | スポーツ, ハンドボール, ハンドボールをする男, 球技, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 핸드볼하는 남자 | 구기종목, 남자, 스포츠, 핸드볼, 핸드볼하는 남자 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生玩手球 | 墙手球, 手球, 男, 男生玩手球 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生打手球 | 手球, 男, 男生打手球 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike handbalspeler
- Akan (ak): Barima rebɔ nsabɔɔlo
- Albanian (sq): burra që luajnë hendboll
- Amharic (am): የወንድ የእጅ ኳስ ጨዋታ
- Armenian (hy): ձեռնագնդակ խաղացող տղամարդ
- Assamese (as): হেণ্ডবল খেলি থকা পুৰুষ
- Azerbaijani (az): həndbolçu kişi
- Bashkir (ba): ир гандбол уйнай
- Basque (eu): gizona eskubaloian jolasten
- Belarusian (be): гандбаліст
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac igra rukomet
- Bulgarian (bg): хандбалист
- Burmese (my): လက်ပစ်ဘောကစားနေသည့် အမျိုးသား
- Cantonese (yue): 玩手球嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): jugador d’handbol
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬᎢ ᎦᏂᏴᏙᏗ ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎵᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 打手球嘅男人
- Chuvash (cv): гандболист
- Croatian (hr): muškarac igra rukomet
- Czech (cs): házenkář
- Danish (da): mandlig håndboldspiller
- Estonian (et): käsipalli mängiv mees
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a jogar andebol
- Faroese (fo): maður sum spælir hondbólt
- Filipino (fil): lalaking naglalaro ng handball
- Finnish (fi): käsipalloa pelaava mies
- Galician (gl): home xogando a balonmán
- Georgian (ka): ხელბურთელი კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): હૅન્ડબોલ રમતો પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai bugan ƙwallon hannu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): handball khelta aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): kézilabdázó férfi
- Icelandic (is): maður í handbolta
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egwu egwuregwu bọọlụ aka
- Irish (ga): fear ag imirt liathróid láimhe
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang main bal tangan
- Kalaallisut (kl): håndboldspiller
- Kannada (kn): ಹ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌ಬಾಲ್ ಆಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ
- Kazakh (kk): гандбол ойнаған ер
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): گاندبول ويناعان ەر
- Khmer (km): បុរសលេងបាល់គប់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo ukina handibali
- Konkani (kok): दादलो हँडबॉल खेळटा
- Kyrgyz (ky): гандбол ойноп жаткан эркек
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kretz’ab’ej potz’ chi q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນບານມື
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): hombre jugando handball
- Latvian (lv): rokasbumbas spēlētājs
- Lithuanian (lt): rankininkas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chytańcaŕ
- Luxembourgish (lb): Handballspiller
- Macedonian (mk): ракометар
- Malay (ms): lelaki bermain bola baling
- Malayalam (ml): ഹാൻഡ്‌ബോൾ കളിക്കുന്നയാൾ
- Maltese (mt): raġel jilgħab il-handball
- Marathi (mr): हँडबॉल खेळणारा पुरुष
- Mongolian (mn): гар бөмбөг тоглох эрэгтэй
- Māori (mi): tāne tākaro poiringa
- Nepali (ne): ह्यन्डबल खेलिरहेको छोरामान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Plé Hándbọl
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o bapa polo ya diatla
- Norwegian (no): mannlig håndballspiller
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg handballspelar
- Odia (or): ହ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡବଲ୍‌ ଖେଳୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira kubbaa harkaa taphachaa jiru
- Pashto (ps): سړی د هنډ بال لوبه کوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੈਂਡਬਾਲ ਖੇਡਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہینڈ بال کھیڈدا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): tata balonmano pukllachkan
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care joacă handbal
- Romansh (rm): um che gioga ballamaun
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ cluich ball-làimhe
- Serbian (sr): рукометаш
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rukometaš
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်မိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ماڻهو هٿ جو بال کيڏيندي
- Sinhala (si): අත් පන්දු ක්‍රීඩා කරන මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): hádzanár
- Slovenian (sl): rokometaš
- Somali (so): nin cayaaraya kubadda gacanta
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayecheza mpira wa mikono
- Tajik (tg): марди гандбол бозӣ карда истода
- Tamil (ta): கைப்பந்து விளையாடும் ஆண்
- Telugu (te): హ్యాండ్‌బాల్ ఆడుతున్న పురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ኩዕሶ ኢድ ክጻወት ከሎ
- Tongan (to): tangata netipolo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o tshamekang bolo ya letsogo
- Turkmen (tk): gandbol oýnaýan erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mjetar
- Urdu (ur): ہینڈ بال کھیلتا ہوا مرد
- Uyghur (ug): قولتوپ ئويناۋاتقان ئەر
- Uzbek (uz): erkak gandbol o‘ynamoqda
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn chwarae pêl law
- Wolof (wo): góor guy handball
- Xhosa (xh): indoda edlala ibhola yesandla
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù ọlọ́wọ́
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń gbá bɔ́ɔ̀lù ɔlɔ́wɔ́
- Zulu (zu): ibhola lesandla lowesilisa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F93E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤾‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F93E\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F93E}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F93E\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 BE E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD3E 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤾‍♂️ man playing handball emoji mean?

A man poised to hurl a ball in a game of handball. Common uses include handball matches and practice, throwing and catching, general sports talk, and cheering on a handball team.

### How do I type the 🤾‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man playing handball”. 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 :man_playing_handball:.

### When was the 🤾‍♂️ emoji added?

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

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

U+1F93E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤾‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F93E}\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.

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