# ⛹🏽‍♂️ Man bouncing ball emoji: medium skin tone

⛹🏽‍♂️ is the man bouncing ball emoji (⛹️‍♂️) with medium skin tone. It's ⛹️‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: ⛹🏽‍♂️
- Unicode name: man bouncing ball: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+26F9 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [⛹️‍♂️ Man bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-medium-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Focused on the dribble, this man bounces a basketball mid-play. People use it for basketball games and practice, shooting around with friends, and cheering on a team or a favorite player.

## Other skin tones

- ⛹️‍♂️ [Man bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-emoji.md)
- ⛹🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- ⛹🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- ⛹🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- ⛹🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 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 bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-emoji.md) (U+26F9 U+FE0F)
2. 🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FD)
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 bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man bouncing ball”, then pick medium skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre botando un balón: tono de piel medio | balón, botar, hombre, hombre botando un balón, pelota, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | homme avec ballon : peau légèrement mate | ballon, homme, homme avec ballon, peau légèrement mate |
| Deutsch (de) | Mann mit Ball: mittlere Hautfarbe | Ballsport, Handball, Mann, Mann mit Ball, mittlere Hautfarbe |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che fa rimbalzare una palla: carnagione olivastra | carnagione olivastra, palla, sport, uomo, uomo che fa rimbalzare una palla |
| Português (pt) | homem jogando basquete: pele morena | basquete, bola, esporte, homem, homem jogando basquete, pele morena |
| Nederlands (nl) | basketballer: getinte huidskleur | bal, basketballer, getinte huidskleur, man |
| Svenska (sv) | man med boll: mellanfärgad hy | boll, man, man med boll, manlig, mellanfärgad hy |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna kozłujący piłkę: karnacja średnia | karnacja średnia, koszykarz, koszykówka, kozłować, kozłujący piłkę, mecz, mężczyzna, piłka, sport |
| Türkçe (tr) | top sektiren erkek: orta cilt tonu | adam, erkek, orta cilt tonu, top, top sektiren erkek |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина с мячом: средний тон кожи | баскетбол, мужчина, мяч, спорт, средний тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що веде мʼяч: помірний тон шкіри | м’яч, помірний тон шкіри, чоловік, чоловік із м’ячем, чоловік, що веде мʼяч, що веде мʼяч |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας παίζει μπάσκετ: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, άντρας παίζει μπάσκετ, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, μπάλα, μπάσκετ |
| العربية (ar) | رجل وكرة: بشرة بلون معتدل | بشرة بلون معتدل, رجل وكرة, كرة |
| עברית (he) | גבר מקפיץ כדור: גוון עור בינוני | איש, גבר, גבר מקפיץ כדור, גוון עור בינוני, כדור |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد و توپ: پوست طلایی | بسکتبال, پوست طلایی, توپ, توپ‌بازی, توپ‌بازی کردن, مرد و توپ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गेंद से खेलता पुरुष: गेहुँआ त्वचा | आदमी, गेंद, गेंद से खेलता पुरुष, गेहुँआ त्वचा, पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের বল খেলা: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | ছেলে, ছেলেদের বল খেলা, পরুষ, বল, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria memantulkan bola: warna kulit sedang | bola, laki-laki, membawa, pria memantulkan bola, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông chơi bóng: màu da trung bình | bóng, đàn ông, màu da trung bình, người đàn ông chơi bóng |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายเล่นบอล: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | กีฬา, คน, ชิงแชมป์, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, นักกีฬา, นักบาส, บาส, บาสเก็ตบอล, ผู้ชาย, ลูก |
| 日本語 (ja) | バスケットボールをする男: 中間の肌色 | スポーツ, バスケ, バスケットボール, バスケットボールをする男, 中間の肌色, 球技, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 공 가진 남자: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 공, 공 튀기는 남자, 공을 갖고 있는 남자, 농구, 농구공, 농구선수, 드리블, 운동 선수, 자유투, 챔피언십 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生玩球: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 球, 男, 男生玩球 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生打球：淺褐皮膚 | 淺褐皮膚, 球, 男, 男生打球 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man hop bal: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): Barima rebɔ bɔɔlo: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që luan me top: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ኳስ የያዘ ወንድ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): գնդակով տղամարդ․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বল বাউঞ্চ কৰি থকা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): futbolçu kişi: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): туп һуғыусы ир: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): baloi bat duen gizona: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): мужчына з мячом: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac s loptom: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж с топка: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ဘောလုံးပုတ်နေသည့် အမျိုးသား − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui fait rebondir un ballon : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 拍波嘅男人: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 拍波嘅男人: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): home amb una pilota: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏓᏕᎬ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 打緊波嘅男人：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): мечӗклӗ арҫын: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac vodi loptu: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): muž driblující s míčem: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand, der dribler med en bold: medium teint
- Estonian (et): mees palliga: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem com bola: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): maður sum spælir kurvabólt: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking may bola: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): pallotteleva mies: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): xogador de baloncesto: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): კაცი ბურთით: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બોલ સાથેનો પુરુષ: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai tambara ƙwallo: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): ball se khelta aadmi: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): férfi labdával: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður með bolta: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-atụ bọolụ: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear le liathróid: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang mentulake bal: kulit kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಚೆಂಡಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): доп ойнаған ер: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): دوپ ويناعان ەر: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសបោកបាល់: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo uri gutera umupira: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): दादलो बॉल बावंस करता: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): топ кармаган эркек: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kupixkansaj potz’: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫຼິ້ນບານ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis ar bumbu: vidējs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras su kamuoliu: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): muski z balom: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): mam Ball dribbelende Mann: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж со топка: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): lelaki melantun bola: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): പന്തുകളിക്കാരൻ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): raġel iqabbeż ballun: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): चेंडू उसळणारा पुरूष: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бөмбөгтэй эрэгтэй хүн: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): tāne tāwhana pōro: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): बल खेल्दै गरेको छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Baúns Bọl Fọ Graun: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o bethantšha polo: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mann med ball: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ବଲ୍‌କୁ ବାଉନ୍ସ କରାଉଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira kubbaa utaalchisu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی بال تمبوي: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੇਂਦ ਲੁੜਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): زور نال گیند کراندا آدمی: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata p’uluta chuqapachkan: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care bate mingea: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um cun balla: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ bocadh bàla: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац са лоптом: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац са лоптом: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac sa loptom: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac sa loptom: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): مرد بائونسنگ بال سان کيڏندي: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): බෝලයක් සහිත මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): muž s loptou: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški z žogo: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): nin cayaaraya kubadda boodda: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanaume aliye na mpira: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки тӯбро ба замин зада истодааст: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): பந்தாடும் ஆண்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): బంతితో ఆడుతున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ኩዕሶ እናተበገሰ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata tōpuna pulu: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o itaaganyang bolo fa fatshe: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): topy bökdürýän erkek: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž z bulom: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بال سے کھیلتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): توپ ئويناۋاتقان ئەر: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): koptokli erkak: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn â phêl: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): góor guy bondeel bal: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): indoda egqampisa ibhola: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń tà boun bọ́ọ̀lù: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń tà boun bɔ́ɔ̀lù: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda enebhola: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+26F9 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `⛹🏽‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\26F9\1F3FD\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{26F9}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u26F9\U0001F3FD\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9B B9 F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `26F9 D83C DFFD 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9B%B9%F0%9F%8F%BD%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does ⛹🏽‍♂️ mean?

Focused on the dribble, this man bounces a basketball mid-play. People use it for basketball games and practice, shooting around with friends, and cheering on a team or a favorite player. ⛹🏽‍♂️ shows it with medium skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between ⛹🏽‍♂️ and ⛹️‍♂️?

⛹🏽‍♂️ is the ⛹️‍♂️ man bouncing ball emoji with medium skin tone. It's ⛹️‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+26F9 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type ⛹🏽‍♂️?

Find ⛹️‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man bouncing ball”, then press and hold it and choose medium 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+1F3FD 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-bouncing-ball-medium-skin-tone-emoji