# ⛹️ Person bouncing ball emoji

⛹️ Person bouncing ball is an emoji in the people playing sports set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: athletic, basketball, championship, dribble, net and player.

- Emoji: ⛹️
- Unicode name: person bouncing ball
- Code points: U+26F9 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :bouncing_ball_person:
- Keywords: athletic, ball, basketball, bouncing, championship, dribble, net, person, player, throw
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-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.

## Skin tones

- ⛹🏻 [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
- ⛹🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FE
- ⛹🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-bouncing-ball-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+26F9 U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include ⛹️

- ⛹️‍♂️ [Man bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/man-bouncing-ball-emoji.md)
- ⛹️‍♀️ [Woman bouncing ball](https://emojichart.com/woman-bouncing-ball-emoji.md)

## How to type ⛹️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona botando un balón | balón, botar, pelota, persona botando un balón |
| Français (fr) | personne avec ballon | athlétique, ballon, basket-ball, basketteur, dribble, joueur, match, personne, personne avec ballon, rebond, sport |
| Deutsch (de) | Person mit Ball | Ball, Basketball, Basketballer, Basketballspieler, Basketballspielerin, Dribbeln, Person, Person mit Ball, Sport, Sportler, Sportlerin |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa rimbalzare una palla | basket, campo, giocatore, giocatore di basket, palla, pallacanestro, palleggio, persona, persona che fa rimbalzare una palla, persona con la palla, sport |
| Português (pt) | pessoa jogando basquete | arremesso, atleta, basquete, bater bola, bola, cesta, esporte, jogador, lance livre |
| Nederlands (nl) | basketbalspeler | bal, basketbal, basketballer, basketbalspeler, dribbelen, NBA, persoon met bal, sport, vrije worp |
| Svenska (sv) | person med boll | basket, basketspelare, boll, dribbla, person med boll, sport |
| Polski (pl) | osoba kozłująca piłkę | koszykarka, koszykarz, koszykówka, kozłować, kozłująca piłkę, mecz, osoba, piłka, sport |
| Türkçe (tr) | top sektiren kişi | atletik, basketbol, basketbolcu, kişi, spor, sporcu, top, top sektiren kişi, top sürme, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | баскетболист | баскетбол, баскетболист, ведение, игра, мяч |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що веде мʼяч | баскетбол, баскетболіст, вести мʼяч, гравець, людина, мʼяч, спортсмен, точний кидок |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο παίζει μπάσκετ | άθλημα, άντρας παίζει μπάσκετ, άτομο παίζει μπάσκετ, γυμναστική, μπάλα, μπάσκετ, μπασκετμπολίστας |
| العربية (ar) | شخص وكرة | أشخاص, باسكت بول, رمية حرة, رياضة, رياضي, شخص وكرة, كرة, كرة سلة, مباراة, مراوغة |
| עברית (he) | הקפצת כדור | הקפצת כדור, ילד מכדרר כדורסל, ילד מקפיץ כדור, כדור, כדורסל, מקפיץ כדור, ספורט |
| فارسی (fa) | شخص با توپ | آدم, بازیکن, بدن, بسکتبال, پرتاب آزاد, توپ, دریبل, شخص با توپ, قهرمان, مرد, ورزش |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गेंद से खेलता व्यक्ति | एथलेटिक, खिलाड़ी, खेल, गेंद से खेलता व्यक्ति, चैंपियनशिप, पुरुष खिलाड़ी, बास्केटबॉल, बॉल |
| বাংলা (bn) | বল নিয়ে ব্যক্তি | খেলাধুলা, চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ, নিক্ষেপ করা, বল, বল নিয়ে ব্যক্তি, বল বাউন্সিং, বল লাফানো, বাস্কেটবল, বাস্কেটবল খেলোয়াড় |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang memantulkan bola | atlet, basket, bola, dribble, kejuaraan, olahraga, orang memantulkan bola, pria |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người chơi bóng | bóng rổ, cầu thủ bóng rổ, ném sọt rổ, người chơi bóng, nhồi bóng, quả bóng, vận động viên, vô địch |
| ไทย (th) | คนเล่นบอล | กีฬา, คน, ชิงแชมป์, นักกีฬา, นักบาส, บาส, บาสเก็ตบอล, ลูก |
| 日本語 (ja) | バスケットボールをする人 | 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, 球技 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 공을 갖고 있는 사람 | 공, 공 튀기는 사람, 공을 갖고 있는 사람, 농구, 농구공, 농구선수, 드리블, 운동 선수, 자유투, 챔피언십 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 玩球 | 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 | 人物, 打球, 比賽, 球, 籃球, 罰球, 運動, 運動員, 運球, 選手 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon hop bal
- Akan (ak): Obi rebɔ bɔɔlo
- Albanian (sq): njeri me top
- Amharic (am): ኳስ የያዘ ሰው
- Armenian (hy): գնդակով մարդ
- Assamese (as): বল বাউঞ্চ কৰি থকা ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): toplu adam
- Bashkir (ba): туп һуғыусы кеше
- Basque (eu): baloi bat duen pertsona
- Belarusian (be): чалавек з мячом
- Bosnian (bs): osoba s loptom
- Bulgarian (bg): Човек с топка
- Burmese (my): ဘောလုံးပုတ်နေသူ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui fait rebondir un ballon
- Cantonese (yue): 拍波嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona amb una pilota
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏓᎨᎬ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 打緊波嘅人
- Chuvash (cv): баскетболист
- Croatian (hr): osoba vodi loptu
- Czech (cs): osoba driblující s míčem
- Danish (da): person, der dribler med en bold
- Estonian (et): inimene palliga
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa com bola
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum spælir kurvabólt
- Filipino (fil): taong naglalaro ng bola
- Finnish (fi): pallottelija
- Galician (gl): persoa botando un balón
- Georgian (ka): პიროვნება ბურთით
- Gujarati (gu): બોલ સાથેની વ્યક્તિ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai tambara ƙwallo
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): ball se khelta vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): ember labdával
- Icelandic (is): manneskja með bolta
- Igbo (ig): onye na-atụ bọolụ
- Irish (ga): duine le liathróid
- Javanese (jv): wong mentulake bal
- Kalaallisut (kl): person med bold
- Kannada (kn): ಚೆಂಡಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): доп ойнаған адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): دوپ ويناعان ادام
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សបោកបាល់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu uri gutera umupira
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती बॉल बावंस करता
- Kyrgyz (ky): топ менен киши
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): winaq ktajin kupixkansaj potz’
- Lao (lo): ຄົນຫຼິ້ນບານ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): persona con una pelota
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks driblē bumbu
- Lithuanian (lt): žmogus su kamuoliu
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba z balom
- Luxembourgish (lb): mam Ball dribbelend Persoun
- Macedonian (mk): човек со топка
- Malay (ms): orang melantun bola
- Malayalam (ml): പന്തുകളിക്കുന്നയാൾ
- Maltese (mt): persuna tqabbeż ballun
- Marathi (mr): चेंडू उसळणारी व्यक्ती
- Mongolian (mn): бөмбөгтэй хүн
- Māori (mi): tangata tāwhana pōro
- Nepali (ne): बल खेल्दै गरेको व्यक्ति
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Baúns Bọl Fọ Graun
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho o bethantšha polo
- Norwegian (no): person med ball
- Odia (or): ବଲ୍‌କୁ ବାଉନ୍ସ କରାଉଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama kubbaa utaalchisu
- Pashto (ps): شخص بال تمبوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੇਂਦ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): زور نال گیند کراندا بندا
- Quechua (qu): runa p’uluta chuqapachkan
- Romanian (ro): persoană care bate mingea
- Romansh (rm): persuna cun balla
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ bocadh bàla
- Serbian (sr): особа са лоптом
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba sa loptom
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص بائونسنگ بال سان کيڏندي
- Sinhala (si): බෝලයක් සහිත පුද්ගලයා
- Slovak (sk): človek s loptou
- Slovenian (sl): oseba z žogo
- Somali (so): qof cayaaraya kubadda boodda
- Swahili (sw): mtu na mpira
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки тӯбро ба замин зада истодааст
- Tamil (ta): பந்தை தட்டும் விளையாட்டு வீரர்
- Telugu (te): బంతితో ఆడుతున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ኩዕሶ ዝብንጭር
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tōpuna pulu
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o itaaganyang bolo fa fatshe
- Turkmen (tk): topy bökdürýän adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba z bulom
- Urdu (ur): بال سے کھیلتا شخص
- Uyghur (ug): توپ ئويناۋاتقان كىشى
- Uzbek (uz): odam va to‘p
- Welsh (cy): person â phêl
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy bondeel bal
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ogqampisa ibhola
- Yoruba (yo): ẹni tà boun bọ́ọ̀lù
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛni tà boun bɔ́ɔ̀lù
- Zulu (zu): umuntu onebhola

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+26F9 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `⛹️` |
| CSS | `\26F9\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{26F9}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u26F9\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9B B9 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `26F9 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9B%B9%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ⛹️ person bouncing ball emoji 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.

### How do I type the ⛹️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “person bouncing ball”. 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 :bouncing_ball_person:.

### When was the ⛹️ emoji added?

⛹️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

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

U+26F9 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⛹️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{26F9}\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/person-bouncing-ball-emoji