# 🤾‍♀️ Woman playing handball emoji

🤾‍♀️ Woman 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: woman playing handball
- Code points: U+1F93E U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :woman_playing_handball:
- Keywords: athletics, ball, catch, chuck, handball, hurl, lob, pitch, playing, sport, throw, toss, woman
- Page: https://emojichart.com/woman-playing-handball-emoji

## What it means

Winding up to throw a ball, this woman stands for the sport of handball. It is a common choice for team handball games and training, women's sports, and tossing or throwing in general.

## Skin tones

- 🤾🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-playing-handball-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-playing-handball-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-playing-handball-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏾‍♀️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-playing-handball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤾🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-playing-handball-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 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. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 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 “woman playing handball”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “woman playing handball”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “woman playing handball”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “woman playing handball”.
- GitHub: Type :woman_playing_handball: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mujer jugando al balonmano | balonmanista, balonmano, deporte, mujer, mujer jugando al balonmano |
| Français (fr) | handballeuse | athlète, attaquante, ballon, femme, handball, handballeuse, personne, sport, tir |
| Deutsch (de) | Handballspielerin | Frau, Handball, Handballerin, Handballspielerin, Person, schleudern, Sport, Sportlerin, werfen |
| Italiano (it) | pallamanista donna | atleta, donna, donna che gioca a pallamano, lanciare, palla, pallamanista donna, pallamano, persona, sport, tirare la palla |
| Português (pt) | jogadora de handebol | bola, esporte, gol, handball, handebol, jogadora, jogando, menina, mulher, passe, quadra |
| Nederlands (nl) | vrouw die handbal speelt | bal, gooien, handballen, handballende vrouw, sport, springen, vrouw, vrouw die handbal speelt, worp |
| Svenska (sv) | kvinna som spelar handboll | boll, handboll, kasta, kvinna, kvinna som spelar handboll, sport |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta grająca w piłkę ręczną | grająca, kobieta, piłka, piłką, piłkarka, ręczna, ręczny, rzut, sport, szczypiorniak, szczypiornistka, w piłkę ręczną |
| Türkçe (tr) | hentbol oynayan kadın | antrenman, atış, atletik, bayan, hentbol, hentbol oynayan kadın, kadın, kişi, spor, top, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | гандболистка | бросок, гандбол, гандболистка, женщина, мяч, спорт, спортсменка |
| Українська (uk) | гандболістка | гандбол, гандболістка, жінка, кидок, мʼяч, перекидати мʼяч, подача, спорт, спортсменка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα παίζει χάντμπολ | άθλημα, γυμναστική, γυναίκα, γυναίκα παίζει χάντμπολ, μπάλα, πετάω, χάντμπολ, χειροσφαίριση |
| العربية (ar) | لاعبة كرة يد | أشخاص, التقاط, الملعب, امرأة, رفع الكرة, رمي, رياضة, سيدة, كرة يد, لاعبة كرة يد |
| עברית (he) | אישה משחקת כדור יד | אדם, אישה, אישה משחקת כדור יד, כדור, כדור יד, כדור-יד, כדוריד, ספורט, ספורטאית, תפיסת כדור |
| فارسی (fa) | هندبالیست زن | آدم, انداختن, بدن, پرتاب, پرتاب کردن, توپ, زن, شوت, هندبال, هندبال بازی کردن, هندبالیست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हैंडबॉल खेलती महिला | कैच, खिलाड़ी, गेंद, महिला, हैंडबाल, हैंडबॉल, हैंडबॉल खेलती महिला |
| বাংলা (bn) | হ্যান্ডবল খেলছে এমন মহিলা | অ্যাথলেটিক্স, উপরে নিক্ষেপ করা, ক্রীড়াবিদ, খেলাধুলা, ছুড়ে মারা, ব্যক্তি, মহিলা, স্পোর্টস, হ্যান্ডবল, হ্যান্ডবল খেলছে এমন মহিলা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wanita bermain bola tangan | atlet, bola tangan, lempar, olahraga, oper, perempuan, wanita, wanita bermain bola tangan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người phụ nữ chơi bóng ném | bắt bóng, bóng ném, lốp bóng, ném bóng, người phụ nữ chơi bóng ném, phát bóng, phụ nữ, thể thao, vận động viên |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้หญิงเล่นแฮนด์บอล | กีฬา, ขว้าง, คน, บอล, ผู้หญิง, โยน, ลูก, แฮนด์บอล |
| 日本語 (ja) | ハンドボールをする女 | キャッチ, スポーツ, スローする, ハンドボール, ハンドボールをする女, ボール, 女性, 投げる, 放る, 球技 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 핸드볼하는 여자 | 공, 구기종목, 던지기, 스포츠, 여자, 운동 선수, 잡기, 투구, 핸드볼, 핸드볼하는 여자 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 女生玩手球 | 女, 女子玩手球, 女生玩手球, 手球, 扔, 投球, 抛, 接球, 犯规投球, 球, 运动, 高球 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 女生打手球 | 丟球, 人物, 女, 女生打手球, 手球, 扔, 投擲, 接, 運動, 運動員 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vroulike handbalspeler
- Akan (ak): Ɔbaa rebɔ nsabɔɔlo
- Albanian (sq): gra që luajnë hendboll
- Amharic (am): የሴት የእጅ ኳስ ጨዋታ
- Armenian (hy): ձեռնագնդակ խաղացող կին
- Assamese (as): হেণ্ডবল খেলি থকা মহিলা
- Azerbaijani (az): həndbolçu qadın
- Bashkir (ba): ҡатын гандбол уйнай
- Basque (eu): emakumea eskubaloian jolasten
- Belarusian (be): гандбалістка
- Bosnian (bs): žena igra rukomet
- Bulgarian (bg): хандбалистка
- Burmese (my): လက်ပစ်ဘောကစားနေသည့် အမျိုးသမီး
- Cantonese (yue): 玩手球嘅女人
- Catalan (ca): jugadora d’handbol
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬᎢ ᎦᏂᏴᏙᏗ ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎵᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 打手球嘅女人
- Chuvash (cv): хӗрарӑм гандболла вылять
- Croatian (hr): žena igra rukomet
- Czech (cs): házenkářka
- Danish (da): kvindelig håndboldspiller
- Estonian (et): käsipalli mängiv naine
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mulher a jogar andebol
- Faroese (fo): kvinna sum spælir hondbólt
- Filipino (fil): babaeng naglalaro ng handball
- Finnish (fi): käsipalloa pelaava nainen
- Galician (gl): muller xogando a balonmán
- Georgian (ka): ხელბურთელი ქალი
- Gujarati (gu): હૅન્ડબોલ રમતી સ્ત્રી
- Hausa (ha): mace mai bugan ƙwallon hannu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): handball khelti mahila
- Hungarian (hu): kézilabdázó nő
- Icelandic (is): kona í handbolta
- Igbo (ig): nwanyị na-egwu egwuregwu bọọlụ aka
- Irish (ga): bean ag imirt liathróid láimhe
- Javanese (jv): wong wadon main bal tangan
- Kalaallisut (kl): kvindelig håndboldspiller
- Kannada (kn): ಹ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌ಬಾಲ್ ಆಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಹಿಳೆ
- Kazakh (kk): гандбол ойнаған әйел
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): گاندبول ويناعان ايەل
- Khmer (km): នារីលេងបាល់គប់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugore ukina handibali
- Konkani (kok): बायल हँडबॉल खेळटा
- Kyrgyz (ky): гандбол ойноп жаткан аял
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): ixoq ktajin kretz’ab’ej potz’ chi q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຍິງຫຼິ້ນບານມື
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): mujer jugando handball
- Latvian (lv): rokasbumbas spēlētāja
- Lithuanian (lt): rankininkė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chytańcaŕka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Handballspillerin
- Macedonian (mk): ракометарка
- Malay (ms): wanita bermain bola baling
- Malayalam (ml): ഹാൻഡ്‌ബോൾ കളിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ
- Maltese (mt): mara tilgħab il-handball
- Marathi (mr): हँडबॉल खेळणारी महिला
- Mongolian (mn): гар бөмбөг тоглох эмэгтэй
- Māori (mi): wahine tākaro poiringa
- Nepali (ne): ह्यन्डबल खेेलिरहेकी छोरीमान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Wé De Plé Hándbọl
- Northern Sotho (nso): mosadi o bapala polo ya diatla
- Norwegian (no): kvinnelig håndballspiller
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): kvinneleg handballspelar
- Odia (or): ହ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡବଲ୍‌ ଖେଳୁଥିବା ମହିଳା
- Oromo (om): dubartii kubbaa harkaa taphachaa jirtu
- Pashto (ps): ښځه د هنډبال لوبه کوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੈਂਡਬਾਲ ਖੇਡਦੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہینڈ بال کھیڈدی زنانی
- Quechua (qu): warmi balonmano pukllachkan
- Romanian (ro): femeie care joacă handbal
- Romansh (rm): dunna che gioga ballamaun
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): boireannach a’ cluich ball-làimhe
- Serbian (sr): рукометашица
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rukometašica
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈယိင်းလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်မိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): عورت هٿ جو بال کيڏيندي
- Sinhala (si): අත් පන්දු ක්‍රීඩා කරන කාන්තාව
- Slovak (sk): hádzanárka
- Slovenian (sl): rokometašica
- Somali (so): naag cayaaraysa kubadda gacanta
- Swahili (sw): mwanamke anayecheza mpira wa mikono
- Tajik (tg): зани гандбол бозӣ карда истода
- Tamil (ta): கைப்பந்து விளையாடும் பெண்
- Telugu (te): హ్యాండ్‌బాల్ ఆడుతున్న స్త్రీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ኩዕሶ ኢድ ትጻወት
- Tongan (to): fefine netipolo
- Tswana (tn): mosadi yo o tshamekang bolo ya letsogo
- Turkmen (tk): gandbol oýnaýan aýal
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mjetarka
- Urdu (ur): ہینڈ بال کھیلتی ہوئی عورت
- Uyghur (ug): قولتوپ ئويناۋاتقان ئايال
- Uzbek (uz): ayol gandbol o‘ynamoqda
- Welsh (cy): menyw yn chwarae pêl law
- Wolof (wo): jigéen juy handball
- Xhosa (xh): ibhinqa elidlala ibhola yesandla
- Yoruba (yo): obìnrin tí ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù ọlọ́wọ́
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): obìnrin tí ń gbá bɔ́ɔ̀lù ɔlɔ́wɔ́
- Zulu (zu): ibhola lesandla lowesimame

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F93E U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤾‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F93E\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F93E}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F93E\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 BE E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD3E 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤾‍♀️ woman playing handball emoji mean?

Winding up to throw a ball, this woman stands for the sport of handball. It is a common choice for team handball games and training, women's sports, and tossing or throwing in general.

### How do I type the 🤾‍♀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “woman 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 :woman_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+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤾‍♀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F93E}\u{200D}\u{2640}\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/woman-playing-handball-emoji