# ⛹🏾 Person bouncing ball emoji: medium-dark skin tone

⛹🏾 is the person bouncing ball emoji (⛹️) with medium-dark skin tone. It's ⛹️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: ⛹🏾
- Unicode name: person bouncing ball: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+26F9 U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 2.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [⛹️ Person bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Dribbling a ball in the middle of a play, this figure is most often read as a basketball player. It is used for playing or watching games, pickup hoops at the park, practice sessions, and sports talk in general.

## Other skin tones

- ⛹️ [Person bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-emoji.md)
- ⛹🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FB
- ⛹🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FC
- ⛹🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FD
- ⛹🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

⛹🏾 is 2 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. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type ⛹🏾

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person bouncing ball”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona botando un balón: tono de piel oscuro medio | balón, botar, pelota, persona botando un balón, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | personne avec ballon : peau mate | athlétique, ballon, basket-ball, basketteur, dribble, joueur, match, peau mate, personne, personne avec ballon, rebond, sport |
| Deutsch (de) | Person mit Ball: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Ball, Basketball, Basketballer, Basketballspieler, Basketballspielerin, Dribbeln, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Person, Person mit Ball, Sport, Sportler, Sportlerin |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa rimbalzare una palla: carnagione abbastanza scura | basket, campo, carnagione abbastanza scura, giocatore, giocatore di basket, palla, pallacanestro, palleggio, persona, persona che fa rimbalzare una palla, persona con la palla, sport |
| Português (pt) | pessoa jogando basquete: pele morena escura | arremesso, atleta, basquete, bater bola, bola, cesta, esporte, jogador, lance livre, pele morena escura |
| Nederlands (nl) | basketbalspeler: donkergetinte huidskleur | bal, basketbal, basketballer, basketbalspeler, donkergetinte huidskleur, dribbelen, NBA, persoon met bal, sport, vrije worp |
| Svenska (sv) | person med boll: mellanmörk hy | basket, basketspelare, boll, dribbla, mellanmörk hy, person med boll, sport |
| Polski (pl) | osoba kozłująca piłkę: karnacja średnio ciemna | karnacja średnio ciemna, koszykarka, koszykarz, koszykówka, kozłować, kozłująca piłkę, mecz, osoba, piłka, sport |
| Türkçe (tr) | top sektiren kişi: orta koyu cilt tonu | atletik, basketbol, basketbolcu, kişi, orta koyu cilt tonu, spor, sporcu, top, top sektiren kişi, top sürme, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | баскетболист: темный тон кожи | баскетбол, баскетболист, ведение, игра, мяч, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що веде мʼяч: помірно темний тон шкіри | баскетбол, баскетболіст, вести мʼяч, гравець, людина, мʼяч, помірно темний тон шкіри, спортсмен, точний кидок |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο παίζει μπάσκετ: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άθλημα, άντρας παίζει μπάσκετ, άτομο παίζει μπάσκετ, γυμναστική, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, μπάλα, μπάσκετ, μπασκετμπολίστας |
| العربية (ar) | شخص وكرة: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | أشخاص, باسكت بول, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, رمية حرة, رياضة, رياضي, شخص وكرة, كرة, كرة سلة, مباراة, مراوغة |
| עברית (he) | הקפצת כדור: גוון עור כהה בינוני | גוון עור כהה בינוני, הקפצת כדור, ילד מכדרר כדורסל, ילד מקפיץ כדור, כדור, כדורסל, מקפיץ כדור, ספורט |
| فارسی (fa) | شخص با توپ: پوست گندمی | آدم, بازیکن, بدن, بسکتبال, پرتاب آزاد, پوست گندمی, توپ, دریبل, شخص با توپ, قهرمان, مرد, ورزش |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गेंद से खेलता व्यक्ति: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | एथलेटिक, खिलाड़ी, खेल, गेंद से खेलता व्यक्ति, चैंपियनशिप, पुरुष खिलाड़ी, बास्केटबॉल, बॉल, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | বল নিয়ে ব্যক্তি: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | খেলাধুলা, চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ, নিক্ষেপ করা, বল, বল নিয়ে ব্যক্তি, বল বাউন্সিং, বল লাফানো, বাস্কেটবল, বাস্কেটবল খেলোয়াড়, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang memantulkan bola: warna kulit gelap-sedang | atlet, basket, bola, dribble, kejuaraan, olahraga, orang memantulkan bola, pria, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người chơi bóng: màu da tối trung bình | bóng rổ, cầu thủ bóng rổ, màu da tối trung bình, ném sọt rổ, người chơi bóng, nhồi bóng, quả bóng, vận động viên, vô địch |
| ไทย (th) | คนเล่นบอล: โทนผิวสีแทน | กีฬา, คน, ชิงแชมป์, โทนผิวสีแทน, นักกีฬา, นักบาส, บาส, บาสเก็ตบอล, ลูก |
| 日本語 (ja) | バスケットボールをする人: やや濃い肌色 | スポーツ, ドリブル, バスケ, バスケットボール, バスケットボールをする人, バスケットボール選手, やや濃い肌色, 球技 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 공을 갖고 있는 사람: 진한 갈색 피부 | 공, 공 튀기는 사람, 공을 갖고 있는 사람, 농구, 농구공, 농구선수, 드리블, 운동 선수, 자유투, 진한 갈색 피부, 챔피언십 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 玩球: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 体育, 全网无阻, 打球, 游戏, 玩, 玩球, 球, 篮球, 篮球运动员, 罚球, 运动, 运球, 锦标赛 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 打球：褐皮膚 | 人物, 打球, 比賽, 球, 籃球, 罰球, 褐皮膚, 運動, 運動員, 運球, 選手 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon hop bal: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): Obi rebɔ bɔɔlo: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): njeri me top: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ኳስ የያዘ ሰው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): գնդակով մարդ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বল বাউঞ্চ কৰি থকা ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): toplu adam: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): туп һуғыусы кеше: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): baloi bat duen pertsona: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): чалавек з мячом: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba s loptom: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Човек с топка: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ဘောလုံးပုတ်နေသူ − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui fait rebondir un ballon : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 拍波嘅人: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 拍波嘅人: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona amb una pilota: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏓᎨᎬ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 打緊波嘅人：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): баскетболист: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): osoba vodi loptu: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba driblující s míčem: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): person, der dribler med en bold: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): inimene palliga: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa com bola: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum spælir kurvabólt: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): taong naglalaro ng bola: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): pallottelija: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): persoa botando un balón: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): პიროვნება ბურთით: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બોલ સાથેની વ્યક્તિ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai tambara ƙwallo: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): ball se khelta vyakti: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): ember labdával: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): manneskja með bolta: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye na-atụ bọolụ: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine le liathróid: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong mentulake bal: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಚೆಂಡಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): доп ойнаған адам: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): دوپ ويناعان ادام: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សបោកបាល់: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu uri gutera umupira: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती बॉल बावंस करता: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): топ менен киши: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): winaq ktajin kupixkansaj potz’: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຄົນຫຼິ້ນບານ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): persona con una pelota: tono de piel oscuro medio
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks driblē bumbu: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a fa bottezzâ un ballon: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): žmogus su kamuoliu: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba z balom: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): mam Ball dribbelend Persoun: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): човек со топка: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): orang melantun bola: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): പന്തുകളിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna tqabbeż ballun: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): चेंडू उसळणारी व्यक्ती: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бөмбөгтэй хүн: бордуу
- Māori (mi): tangata tāwhana pōro: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): बल खेल्दै गरेको व्यक्ति: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Baúns Bọl Fọ Graun: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho o bethantšha polo: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): person med ball: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ବଲ୍‌କୁ ବାଉନ୍ସ କରାଉଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama kubbaa utaalchisu: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): شخص بال تمبوي: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੇਂਦ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): زور نال گیند کراندا بندا: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa p’uluta chuqapachkan: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care bate mingea: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna cun balla: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ bocadh bàla: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа са лоптом: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba sa loptom: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص بائونسنگ بال سان کيڏندي: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): බෝලයක් සහිත පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): človek s loptou: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba z žogo: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): qof cayaaraya kubadda boodda: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mtu na mpira: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки тӯбро ба замин зада истодааст: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): பந்தை தட்டும் விளையாட்டு வீரர்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): బంతితో ఆడుతున్న వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ኩዕሶ ዝብንጭር፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tōpuna pulu: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o itaaganyang bolo fa fatshe: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): topy bökdürýän adam: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba z bulom: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بال سے کھیلتا شخص: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): توپ ئويناۋاتقان كىشى: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): odam va to‘p: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person â phêl: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy bondeel bal: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ogqampisa ibhola: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): ẹni tà boun bọ́ọ̀lù: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛni tà boun bɔ́ɔ̀lù: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu onebhola: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+26F9 U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `⛹🏾` |
| CSS | `\26F9\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{26F9}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\u26F9\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9B B9 F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `26F9 D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9B%B9%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does ⛹🏾 mean?

Dribbling a ball in the middle of a play, this figure is most often read as a basketball player. It is used for playing or watching games, pickup hoops at the park, practice sessions, and sports talk in general. ⛹🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between ⛹🏾 and ⛹️?

⛹🏾 is the ⛹️ person bouncing ball emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's ⛹️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+26F9 U+1F3FE.

### How do I type ⛹🏾?

Find ⛹️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “person bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark 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+26F9 U+1F3FE. In HTML you can write ⛹🏾

### When was ⛹🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji