# 🤾🏼‍♂️ Man playing handball emoji: medium-light skin tone

🤾🏼‍♂️ is the man playing handball emoji (🤾‍♂️) with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤾‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤾🏼‍♂️
- Unicode name: man playing handball: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F93E U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤾‍♂️ Man playing handball](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-medium-light-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🤾‍♂️ [Man playing handball](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-emoji.md)
- 🤾🏻‍♂️ [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 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 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤾 [Person playing handball](https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-emoji.md) (U+1F93E)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)
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 playing handball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man playing handball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man playing handball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man playing handball”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre jugando al balonmano: tono de piel claro medio | balonmanista, balonmano, deporte, hombre, hombre jugando al balonmano, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | handballeur : peau moyennement claire | handball, handballeur, homme, peau moyennement claire, sport |
| Deutsch (de) | Handballspieler: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Handball, Handballspieler, Mann, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Sport |
| Italiano (it) | pallamanista uomo: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, palla, pallamanista uomo, pallamano, sport, uomo, uomo che gioca a pallamano |
| Português (pt) | jogador de handebol: pele morena clara | bola, esporte, handball, handebol, homem, jogador, jogando, menino, pele morena clara, quadra |
| Nederlands (nl) | man die handbal speelt: lichtgetinte huidskleur | handballen, handballende man, handballer, lichtgetinte huidskleur, man, man die handbal speelt, sport |
| Svenska (sv) | man som spelar handboll: mellanljus hy | handboll, man, man som spelar handboll, mellanljus hy, sport |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna grający w piłkę ręczną: karnacja średnio jasna | grający, karnacja średnio jasna, mężczyzna, piłka, piłką, piłkarz, ręczna, ręczny, rzut, sport, szczypiorniak, szczypiornista, w piłkę ręczną |
| Türkçe (tr) | hentbol oynayan erkek: orta açık cilt tonu | adam, erkek, hentbol, hentbol oynayan erkek, orta açık cilt tonu, spor |
| Русский (ru) | гандболист: светлый тон кожи | гандбол, гандболист, мужчина, светлый тон кожи, спорт |
| Українська (uk) | гандболіст: помірно світлий тон шкіри | гандбол, гандболіст, гол, гра, змагання, помірно світлий тон шкіри, спорт, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας παίζει χάντμπολ: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άθλημα, άντρας, άντρας παίζει χάντμπολ, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, χάντμπολ, χειροσφαίριση |
| العربية (ar) | لاعب كرة يد: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, رجال, رجل, رياضة, كرة يد, لاعب كرة يد |
| עברית (he) | גבר משחק כדוריד: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | אדם, איש, גבר, גבר משחק כדור יד, גבר משחק כדוריד, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, כדור יד, כדוריד, ספורטאי |
| فارسی (fa) | هندبالیست مرد: پوست روشن | پوست روشن, هندبال, هندبال بازی کردن, هندبالیست, هندبالیست مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हैंडबॉल खेलता पुरुष: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | खेल, गेंद, पुरुष, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हैंडबाल, हैंडबॉल खेलता पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | হ্যান্ডবল খেলছে এমন পুরুষ: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | খেলাধুলা, পুরুষ, ব্যক্তি, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মানুষ, হ্যান্ডবল, হ্যান্ডবল খেলছে এমন পুরুষ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria bermain bola tangan: warna kulit cerah-sedang | bola tangan, laki-laki, olahraga, pria, pria bermain bola tangan, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông chơi bóng ném: màu da sáng trung bình | bóng ném, đàn ông, màu da sáng trung bình, người đàn ông chơi bóng ném |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายเล่นแฮนด์บอล: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | กีฬา, ขว้าง, คน, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, บอล, ผู้ชาย, โยน, ลูก, แฮนด์บอล |
| 日本語 (ja) | ハンドボールをする男: やや薄い肌色 | スポーツ, ハンドボール, ハンドボールをする男, やや薄い肌色, 球技, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 핸드볼하는 남자: 연한 갈색 피부 | 구기종목, 남자, 스포츠, 연한 갈색 피부, 핸드볼, 핸드볼하는 남자 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生玩手球: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 墙手球, 手球, 男, 男生玩手球 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生打手球：黃皮膚 | 手球, 男, 男生打手球, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike handbalspeler: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): Barima rebɔ nsabɔɔlo: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): burra që luajnë hendboll: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): የወንድ የእጅ ኳስ ጨዋታ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): ձեռնագնդակ խաղացող տղամարդ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): হেণ্ডবল খেলি থকা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): həndbolçu kişi: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир гандбол уйнай: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizona eskubaloian jolasten: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): гандбаліст: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac igra rukomet: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): хандбалист: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): လက်ပစ်ဘောကစားနေသည့် အမျိုးသား − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): handballeur : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 玩手球嘅男人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 玩手球嘅男人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): jugador d’handbol: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬᎢ ᎦᏂᏴᏙᏗ ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎵᏙᏗ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 打手球嘅男人：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): гандболист: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac igra rukomet: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): házenkář: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mandlig håndboldspiller: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): käsipalli mängiv mees: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a jogar andebol: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): maður sum spælir hondbólt: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking naglalaro ng handball: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): käsipalloa pelaava mies: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home xogando a balonmán: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): ხელბურთელი კაცი: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): હૅન્ડબોલ રમતો પુરુષ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai bugan ƙwallon hannu: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): handball khelta aadmi: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): kézilabdázó férfi: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður í handbolta: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egwu egwuregwu bọọlụ aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag imirt liathróid láimhe: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang main bal tangan: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಹ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌ಬಾಲ್ ಆಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): гандбол ойнаған ер: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): گاندبول ويناعان ەر: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): បុរសលេងបាល់គប់: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo ukina handibali: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): दादलो हँडबॉल खेळटा: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): гандбол ойноп жаткан эркек: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kretz’ab’ej potz’ chi q’ab’aj: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນບານມື: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): hombre jugando handball: tono de piel claro medio
- Latvian (lv): rokasbumbas spēlētājs: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): rankininkas: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chytańcaŕ: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Handballspiller: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): ракометар: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): lelaki bermain bola baling: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): ഹാൻഡ്‌ബോൾ കളിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel jilgħab il-handball: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): हँडबॉल खेळणारा पुरुष: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): гар бөмбөг тоглох эрэгтэй: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tāne tākaro poiringa: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): ह्यन्डबल खेलिरहेको छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Plé Hándbọl: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o bapa polo ya diatla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mannlig håndballspiller: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg handballspelar: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ହ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡବଲ୍‌ ଖେଳୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira kubbaa harkaa taphachaa jiru: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی د هنډ بال لوبه کوي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੈਂਡਬਾਲ ਖੇਡਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہینڈ بال کھیڈدا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata balonmano pukllachkan: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care joacă handbal: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che gioga ballamaun: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ cluich ball-làimhe: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): рукометаш: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): рукометаш: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rukometaš: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): rukometaš: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်မိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ماڻهو هٿ جو بال کيڏيندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): අත් පන්දු ක්‍රීඩා කරන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): hádzanár: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): rokometaš: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin cayaaraya kubadda gacanta: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayecheza mpira wa mikono: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марди гандбол бозӣ карда истода: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கைப்பந்து விளையாடும் ஆண்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): హ్యాండ్‌బాల్ ఆడుతున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ኩዕሶ ኢድ ክጻወት ከሎ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata netipolo: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o tshamekang bolo ya letsogo: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): gandbol oýnaýan erkek: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mjetar: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): ہینڈ بال کھیلتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قولتوپ ئويناۋاتقان ئەر: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak gandbol o‘ynamoqda: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn chwarae pêl law: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): góor guy handball: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): indoda edlala ibhola yesandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù ọlọ́wọ́: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń gbá bɔ́ɔ̀lù ɔlɔ́wɔ́: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ibhola lesandla lowesilisa: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F93E U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤾🏼‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F93E\1F3FC\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F93E}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F93E\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 BE F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD3E D83C DFFC 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%BE%F0%9F%8F%BC%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🤾🏼‍♂️ 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. 🤾🏼‍♂️ shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤾🏼‍♂️ and 🤾‍♂️?

🤾🏼‍♂️ is the 🤾‍♂️ man playing handball emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤾‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F93E U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🤾🏼‍♂️?

Find 🤾‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man playing handball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🤾🏼‍♂️?

U+1F93E U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤾🏼‍♂️

### When was 🤾🏼‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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