# 🥷 Ninja emoji

🥷 Ninja is an emoji in the jobs and roles set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: assassin, fight, fighter, hidden, person and secret.

- Emoji: 🥷
- Unicode name: ninja
- Code points: U+1F977
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 13.0 (2020)
- GitHub shortcode: :ninja:
- Keywords: assassin, fight, fighter, hidden, ninja, person, secret, skills, sly, soldier, stealth, war
- Page: https://emojichart.com/ninja-emoji

## What it means

Dressed in black with the face covered except for the eyes, this figure is a stealthy ninja. Messages use it for ninjas and martial arts, for sneaking around, and for being very skilled or sly, as in a spreadsheet ninja.

## Skin tones

- 🥷🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ninja-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F977 U+1F3FB
- 🥷🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ninja-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F977 U+1F3FC
- 🥷🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ninja-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F977 U+1F3FD
- 🥷🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ninja-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F977 U+1F3FE
- 🥷🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ninja-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F977 U+1F3FF

## How to type 🥷

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | ninja | furtivo, guerrero, luchador, ninja, oculto, sigilo |
| Français (fr) | ninja | assassin, combat, furtif, guerrier, masqué, ninja, personne, sabre, secret, soldat |
| Deutsch (de) | Ninja | Ausdauer, Geheimmission, Kämpfer, Killer, Krieger, Kunoichi, Mörder, Ninja, Person, Shinobi, Soldat, vermummt |
| Italiano (it) | ninja | abilità, assassino, combattimento, furtivo, guerra, guerriero, invisibile, nascosto, ninja, persona |
| Português (pt) | ninja | assassino, furtividade, guerra, habilidades, luta, lutador, ninja, oculto, pessoa, soldado |
| Nederlands (nl) | ninja | geheim, japan, krijger, ninja, persoon, samurai, sluipmoordenaar, vechten, verborgen, zwaard |
| Svenska (sv) | ninja | gömd, hemlig, lönnmördare, ninja |
| Polski (pl) | ninja | najemnik, niewidoczny, ninja, osoba, skradać się, tajny agent, ukryty, wojna, wojownik, żołnierz |
| Türkçe (tr) | ninja | asker, dövüşçü, gizli, insan, katana, kavga, kiralık katil, ninja, saklı, savaş, suikast |
| Русский (ru) | ниндзя | воин, диверсант, ниндзя, синоби, скрытный, солдат, убийца, человек, шпион |
| Українська (uk) | ніндзя | боєць, вбивця, воїн, крадькома, людина, маска, найманець, невидимка, покрадьки, потайки |
| Ελληνικά (el) | νίντζα | αόρατος, άτομο, δολοφόνος, Ιαπωνία, κρυμμένος, μαχητής, νίντζα, πολεμικές τέχνες, σπαθί |
| العربية (ar) | نينجا | خفي, شخص, متخفٍ, متخفي, محارب, مقاتل, مقنّع, نينجا |
| עברית (he) | נינג׳ה | אומנויות לחימה, לוחם, נינג׳ה |
| فارسی (fa) | نینجا | آدم, آدم‌کش, افراد, انسان, جنگ, جنگجو, دزدکی, سرباز, شخص, فرد, مبارزه, مخفی, مردم, مهارت, نینجا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | निंजा | इंसान, चालबाज़, चालबाज़ी, छिपा हुआ, डाकू, निंजा, लड़ाई, लड़ाकू, लुटेरा, सैनिक, हत्यारा |
| বাংলা (bn) | নিনজা | কৌশলী, গুপ্ত, ঘাতক, জোয়ান, নিনজা, যুদ্ধ, লড়াই করা, লড়াকু, লুকোনো, লোক, সিপাহী, সৈনিক, হত্যাকারী |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | ninja | kelahi, ninja, penyusup, perang, petarung, rahasia, samurai, sembunyi-sembunyi, tersembunyi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ninja | ẩn, chiến tranh, đấu sĩ, kẻ sát nhân, kỹ năng, người, ninja, tàng hình |
| ไทย (th) | นินจา | คน, ความลับ, ซ่อน, ต่อสู้, ทหาร, ทักษะ, นินจา, พรางตัว, สงคราม, สังหาร |
| 日本語 (ja) | 忍者 | スパイ, 人, 忍び, 忍者, 忍術, 草の者, 隠密 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 닌자 | 군인, 기술, 닌자, 몰래 하기, 비밀, 사람, 숨은, 싸움, 암살자, 야비함, 전쟁, 전투원 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 忍者 | 人物, 侠客, 刺客, 士兵, 忍者, 战斗, 打斗, 狡猾, 秘密, 隐藏, 隐身 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 忍者 | 刺客, 士兵, 忍者, 戰爭, 打鬥, 技巧, 武者, 隱身 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): ninja
- Akan (ak): Ningya
- Albanian (sq): ninxhë
- Amharic (am): ኒንጃ
- Armenian (hy): նինջա
- Assamese (as): নিনজা
- Azerbaijani (az): nindza
- Bashkir (ba): ниндзя
- Basque (eu): ninja
- Belarusian (be): ніндзя
- Bosnian (bs): nindža
- Breton (br): ninja
- Bulgarian (bg): нинджа
- Burmese (my): နင်ဂျာ
- Cantonese (yue): 忍者
- Catalan (ca): ninja
- Cherokee (chr): ᏂᏅᏣ
- Chuvash (cv): ниндзя
- Croatian (hr): nindža
- Czech (cs): nindža
- Danish (da): ninja
- Estonian (et): ninja
- Faroese (fo): ninja andlit
- Filipino (fil): ninja
- Finnish (fi): ninja
- Galician (gl): ninja
- Georgian (ka): ნინძა
- Gujarati (gu): નિન્જા
- Hausa (ha): shigar ninja
- Hungarian (hu): nindzsa
- Icelandic (is): ninja
- Igbo (ig): ninja
- Irish (ga): ninja
- Javanese (jv): ninja
- Kannada (kn): ನಿಂಜಾ
- Kazakh (kk): ниндзя
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جەنكەشتى
- Khmer (km): និនចា
- Konkani (kok): निन्जा
- Kyrgyz (ky): ниндзя
- Lao (lo): ນິນຈາ
- Latvian (lv): nindzja
- Lithuanian (lt): nindzė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): ninja
- Macedonian (mk): нинџа
- Malay (ms): ninja
- Malayalam (ml): നിഞ്ജ
- Marathi (mr): निन्जा
- Mongolian (mn): нинжа
- Nepali (ne): निन्जा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Nínja
- Norwegian (no): ninja
- Odia (or): ନିଞ୍ଜା
- Oromo (om): niinjaa
- Pashto (ps): نینجا
- Punjabi (pa): ਨਿੰਜਾ
- Quechua (qu): ninja
- Romanian (ro): ninja
- Romansh (rm): ninja
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ninja
- Serbian (sr): нинџа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): nindža
- Shan (shn): ၼိၼ်ႇၵျႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ننجا
- Sinhala (si): නින්ජා
- Slovak (sk): nindža
- Slovenian (sl): nindža
- Somali (so): ninja
- Swahili (sw): ninja
- Tamil (ta): நிஞ்சா
- Telugu (te): నింజా
- Tigrinya (ti): ኒንጃ
- Tongan (to): mata ninisā
- Turkmen (tk): nindzýa
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ninja
- Urdu (ur): ننجا
- Uzbek (uz): ninza
- Welsh (cy): ninja
- Yoruba (yo): nínjà
- Zulu (zu): ininja

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F977` |
| HTML | `🥷` |
| CSS | `\1F977` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F977}` |
| Python | `\U0001F977` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A5 B7` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD77` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A5%B7` |

## Questions

### What does the 🥷 ninja emoji mean?

Dressed in black with the face covered except for the eyes, this figure is a stealthy ninja. Messages use it for ninjas and martial arts, for sneaking around, and for being very skilled or sly, as in a spreadsheet ninja.

### How do I type the 🥷 emoji?

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

### When was the 🥷 emoji added?

🥷 was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

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

U+1F977. In HTML you can write 🥷, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F977}.

### 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/ninja-emoji