# 🕹️ Joystick emoji

🕹️ Joystick is an emoji in the games set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: game, video and videogame.

- Emoji: 🕹️
- Unicode name: joystick
- Code points: U+1F579 U+FE0F
- Category: Activities, Games
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :joystick:
- Keywords: game, joystick, video, videogame
- Page: https://emojichart.com/joystick-emoji

## What it means

An arcade-style joystick with a ball on top and buttons on its base. It evokes retro arcade gaming, game rooms, and video games in general, especially old-school ones.

## How to type 🕹️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | joystick | joystick, juego, mando, palanca, videojuego |
| Français (fr) | manette de jeu | jeu, jeu vidéo, joystick, manette de jeu |
| Deutsch (de) | Joystick | Gaming, Joystick, Videospiel |
| Italiano (it) | joystick | giocare, joystick, leva del joystick, video giochi, video gioco, videogame, videogiochi, videogioco |
| Português (pt) | joystick | atari, controle, game, jogo, joystick, video, videogame |
| Nederlands (nl) | joystick | game, joystick, videogame, videospel |
| Svenska (sv) | joystick | joystick, spak, spel, styrspak |
| Polski (pl) | dżojstik | dżojstik, gra, gra komputerowa, gra wideo, joystick |
| Türkçe (tr) | oyun çubuğu | oyun, oyun çubuğu, video oyunu |
| Русский (ru) | джойстик | видеоигра, видеоигры, джойстик, игра, игровая приставка, игры, компьютер, компьютерная приставка, приставка |
| Українська (uk) | джойстик | відеогра, гра, джойстик |
| Ελληνικά (el) | joystick | joystick, βιντεοπαιχνίδι, παιχνίδι |
| العربية (ar) | ذراع تحكم | العاب كمبيوتر, ذراع تحكم, عصا تحكم, لعبة, لعبة فيديو |
| עברית (he) | ג׳ויסטיק | ג׳ויסטיק, מחשב, משחק, משחקי וידאו |
| فارسی (fa) | دسته بازی | بازی, بازی ویدیویی, دسته بازی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जॉयस्टिक, गेम, वीडियो गेम | खेल, गेम, जॉयस्टिक, जॉयस्टिक, गेम, वीडियो गेम, वीडियो गेम |
| বাংলা (bn) | জয়স্টিক | খেলা, জয়স্টিক, ভিডিও গেম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | joystick | game, joystick, tuas, video, videogame |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cần điều khiển | cần điều khiển, trò chơi, trò chơi điện tử |
| ไทย (th) | จอยสติ๊ก | เกม, จอยสติ๊ก, วิดีโอ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ジョイスティック | ゲーム, コントローラ, ジョイスティック, スティック, テレビゲーム, ビデオゲーム |
| 한국어 (ko) | 조이스틱 | 게임, 비디오 게임, 조이스틱, 조종대 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 游戏操控杆 | 操控杆, 游戏, 游戏操控杆, 电子游戏 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 搖桿 | 搖桿, 操控桿, 電玩 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): speelstok
- Akan (ak): joystick
- Albanian (sq): levë
- Amharic (am): ጆይስቲክ
- Armenian (hy): ջոյսթիք
- Assamese (as): জয়ষ্টিক
- Azerbaijani (az): coystik
- Bashkir (ba): джойстик
- Basque (eu): joko-palanka
- Belarusian (be): джойсцік
- Bosnian (bs): džojstik
- Breton (br): lanker cʼhoari
- Bulgarian (bg): джойстик
- Burmese (my): ပဲ့ထိန်းမဏ္ဍိုင်
- Cantonese (yue): 遊戲桿
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 游戏杆
- Catalan (ca): palanca de control
- Cherokee (chr): ᎨᏘᏴᏍᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 控制杆
- Chuvash (cv): чойстик
- Croatian (hr): igraća palica
- Czech (cs): joystick
- Danish (da): joystick
- Estonian (et): juhtpult
- Faroese (fo): stýripinnur
- Filipino (fil): joystick
- Finnish (fi): joystick
- Galician (gl): panca de control
- Georgian (ka): ჯოისტიკი
- Gujarati (gu): જોયસ્ટિક
- Hausa (ha): abin buga wasa
- Hungarian (hu): joystick
- Icelandic (is): stýripinni
- Igbo (ig): ngwa egwuregwu kọmputa
- Irish (ga): luamhán stiúrtha
- Javanese (jv): tuas kontrol
- Kalaallisut (kl): joystick
- Kannada (kn): ಜಾಯ್‌ಸ್ಟಿಕ್
- Kazakh (kk): джойстик
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جوستىك
- Khmer (km): ដងបញ្ជាហ្គេម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): agakonimukino
- Konkani (kok): जॉयस्टिक
- Kyrgyz (ky): жойстик
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): etz’piz’b’al
- Lao (lo): ຄັນບັງຄັບ
- Latvian (lv): kursorsvira
- Lithuanian (lt): valdymo svirtis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): joystick
- Luxembourgish (lb): Joystick
- Macedonian (mk): џојстик
- Malay (ms): kayu bedik
- Malayalam (ml): ജോയ്‌സ്റ്റിക്
- Maltese (mt): joystick
- Marathi (mr): जॉयस्टिक
- Mongolian (mn): удирдлага
- Māori (mi): rākau mana
- Nepali (ne): जोस्टिक
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Jọístik
- Northern Sotho (nso): selo sa go bapadiša
- Norwegian (no): joystick
- Odia (or): ଜଏଷ୍ଟିକ୍‍
- Oromo (om): jooyistiikii
- Pashto (ps): جوی سټیک
- Punjabi (pa): ਜੁਆਏਸਟਿੱਕ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جوائے سٹک
- Quechua (qu): palanca patachaqpaq
- Romanian (ro): joystick
- Romansh (rm): joystick
- Sardinian (sc): leva de giogu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bioran-smachd
- Serbian (sr): џојстик
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): džojstik
- Shan (shn): ၵျွႆးသတိၵ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): جوائي اسٽڪ
- Sinhala (si): ජෝයිස්ටික්
- Slovak (sk): joystick
- Slovenian (sl): igralna palica
- Somali (so): usha farxada
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): palanca de control
- Swahili (sw): usukani
- Tajik (tg): ҷойстик
- Tamil (ta): ஜாய் ஸ்டிக்
- Telugu (te): జాయ్‌స్టిక్
- Tigrinya (ti): ጆይስቲክ
- Tongan (to): ʻakau vaʻinga
- Tswana (tn): joesetiki
- Turkmen (tk): joýstik
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): joystick
- Urdu (ur): جوائے اسٹک
- Uyghur (ug): ئويۇن تىزگىنىكى
- Uzbek (uz): joystik
- Welsh (cy): ffon reoli
- Wolof (wo): joystick
- Xhosa (xh): i-joystick
- Yoruba (yo): ìdarí eré
- Zulu (zu): ijoystiki

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F579 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🕹️` |
| CSS | `\1F579\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F579}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F579\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 95 B9 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD79 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%95%B9%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🕹️ joystick emoji mean?

An arcade-style joystick with a ball on top and buttons on its base. It evokes retro arcade gaming, game rooms, and video games in general, especially old-school ones.

### How do I type the 🕹️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “joystick”. 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 :joystick:.

### When was the 🕹️ emoji added?

🕹️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🕹️?

U+1F579 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🕹️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F579}\u{FE0F}.

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