# 🤾 Person playing handball emoji

🤾 Person playing handball is an emoji in the people playing sports set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: athletics, ball, catch, chuck, hurl and lob.

- Emoji: 🤾
- Unicode name: person playing handball
- Code points: U+1F93E
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :handball_person:
- Keywords: athletics, ball, catch, chuck, handball, hurl, lob, person, pitch, playing, sport, throw, toss
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-emoji

## What it means

Cocking an arm to throw a ball, this player represents handball, a fast team sport in which players pass the ball by hand and shoot at a goal. It is used for handball games and for sports and throwing in general.

## Skin tones

- 🤾🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FB
- 🤾🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FC
- 🤾🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FD
- 🤾🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FE
- 🤾🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-playing-handball-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F93E U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include 🤾

- 🤾‍♂️ [Man playing handball](https://emojichart.com/man-playing-handball-emoji.md)
- 🤾‍♀️ [Woman playing handball](https://emojichart.com/woman-playing-handball-emoji.md)

## How to type 🤾

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona jugando al balonmano | balonmanista, balonmano, persona jugando al balonmano |
| Français (fr) | personne jouant au handball | athlète, ballon, handball, handballeur, lancer, personne, personne jouant au handball, sport |
| Deutsch (de) | Handballspieler(in) | Handball, Handballer, Handballerin, Handballspieler, Handballspieler(in), Handballspielerin, Person, schleudern, Sport, Sportler, werfen |
| Italiano (it) | persona che gioca a pallamano | atleta, lanciare, palla, pallamanista, pallamano, persona, persona che gioca a pallamano, sport, tirare la palla |
| Português (pt) | handebol | atleta, bola, esporte, gol, handball, handebol, jogador, passe, pessoa |
| Nederlands (nl) | persoon die handbal speelt | bal, gooien, handbal, persoon die handbal speelt, sport, springen, worp |
| Svenska (sv) | person som spelar handboll | boll, handboll, person, person som spelar handboll, sport |
| Polski (pl) | osoba grająca w piłkę ręczną | grająca, osoba, piłka, piłką, piłkarka, piłkarz, ręczna, ręczny, rzut, sport, szczypiorniak, szczypiornista, szczypiornistka, w piłkę ręczną |
| Türkçe (tr) | hentbol | atış, atletik, birey, el, hentbol, kişi, spor, top, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | гандбол | бросок, гандбол, гандболист, мяч, спорт, спортсмен, человек |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що грає у гандбол | гандбол, кидок, ловити, людина, людина, що грає у гандбол, м’яч, перекидати мʼяч, подача, спорт, що грає у гандбол |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χάντμπολ | άθλημα, άτομο, μπάλα, πετάω, σπορ, χάντμπολ, χειροσφαίριση |
| العربية (ar) | شخص يلعب كرة يد | أشخاص, التقاط الكرة, رجل يلعب كرة يد, رفع الكرة, رمي, رمية قصيرة, رياضة, شخص, شخص يلعب كرة يد, كرة, كرة يد, لاعب, مباراة |
| עברית (he) | כדוריד | אדם, הדיפת כדור, הטלת כדור, זריקת כדור, כדור, כדור יד, כדוריד, משחק כדור, ספורט, ספורטאי |
| فارسی (fa) | هندبال | پرتاب, پرتاب کردن, توپ, توپ را انداختن, دریبل, شوت, مرد, مسابقه, هندبال, ورزش, ورزش تیمی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हैंडबॉल खेलता व्यक्ति | एथलेटिक्स, खिलाड़ी, खेल, गेंद, हैंडबाल, हैंडबॉल, हैंडबॉल खेलता आदमी, हैंडबॉल खेलता व्यक्ति |
| বাংলা (bn) | হ্যান্ডবল | ক্রীড়া, খেলা, চঞ্চল, ছুড়ে মারা, দুরন্ত, বল, ব্যক্তি, হ্যান্ডবল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang bermain bola tangan | atlet, bola, bola tangan, laki-laki, lempar, lempar keras, olahraga, oper, orang, orang bermain bola tangan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người chơi bóng ném | bắt bóng, bóng, bóng ném, lốp bóng, ném bóng, người chơi bóng ném, phát bóng, thể thao, vận động viên, vận động viên bóng ném |
| ไทย (th) | นักแฮนด์บอล | กีฬา, ขว้าง, คน, บอล, โยน, ลูก, แฮนด์บอล |
| 日本語 (ja) | ハンドボールをする人 | アスリート, 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人, ボール, 投げる, 放る, 球技 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 핸드볼하는 사람 | 공놀이, 구기종목, 던지기, 선수, 스포츠, 운동선수, 투구, 핸드볼, 핸드볼하는 사람 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 手球 | 人, 体育, 手球, 投, 投球, 抛, 接球, 犯规投球, 球, 运动, 高球 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 手球 | 丟球, 人物, 手球, 扔, 投擲, 接, 球類, 運動, 運動員 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon wat handbal speel
- Akan (ak): Obi rebɔ nsabɔɔlo
- Albanian (sq): hendboll
- Amharic (am): የእጅ ኳስ
- Armenian (hy): ձեռնագնդակ խաղացող անձ
- Assamese (as): হেণ্ডবল খেলি থকা ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): həndbol
- Bashkir (ba): кеше гандбол уйнай
- Basque (eu): eskubaloia
- Belarusian (be): гандбол
- Bosnian (bs): osoba igra rukomet
- Bulgarian (bg): хандбал
- Burmese (my): လက်ပစ်ဘော
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui joue au handball
- Cantonese (yue): 玩手球嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona que juga a handbol
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎦᎸᏛᏂᏍᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): гандбол
- Croatian (hr): osoba igra rukomet
- Czech (cs): osoba hrající házenou
- Danish (da): håndboldspiller
- Estonian (et): käsipalli mängiv inimene
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa a jogar andebol
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum spælir hondbólt
- Filipino (fil): taong naglalaro ng handball
- Finnish (fi): käsipalloilija
- Galician (gl): balonmán
- Georgian (ka): ხელბურთი
- Gujarati (gu): હૅન્ડબોલ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai bugan ƙwallon hannu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): handball khelta vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): kézilabda
- Icelandic (is): handbolti
- Igbo (ig): onye na-egwu egwuregwu bọọlụ aka
- Irish (ga): liathróid láimhe
- Javanese (jv): wong main bal tangan
- Kalaallisut (kl): håndbold
- Kannada (kn): ಹ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌ಬಾಲ್ ಆಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): гандбол
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): گاندبول
- Khmer (km): មនុស្ស​កំពុងលេងបាល់គប់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu uri gukina handball
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती हँडबॉल खेळटा
- Kyrgyz (ky): гандбол
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq aj etz’anel potz’ chi q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ບານມື
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): handball
- Latvian (lv): rokasbumba
- Lithuanian (lt): rankinis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chytańcu grajuca wósoba
- Luxembourgish (lb): Handballspiller(in)
- Macedonian (mk): ракомет
- Malay (ms): main bola baling
- Malayalam (ml): ഹാൻഡ്ബോൾ
- Maltese (mt): persuna tilgħab il-handball
- Marathi (mr): हँडबॉल
- Mongolian (mn): гар бөмбөг тоглож буй хүн
- Māori (mi): tangata tākaro poiringa
- Nepali (ne): ह्यान्डबल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Plé Hándbọl
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho a bapala polo ya diatla
- Norwegian (no): håndball
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): handball
- Odia (or): ହ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡବଲ୍‌ ଖେଳୁଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama kubbaa harkaa taphachaa jiru
- Pashto (ps): شخص د هنډبال لوبه کوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੈਂਡਬਾਲ ਖੇਡਦਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہینڈبال نال کھیڈدا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): runa balonmano pukllachkan
- Romanian (ro): persoană care joacă handbal
- Romansh (rm): persuna che gioga ballamaun
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ cluich ball-làimhe
- Serbian (sr): рукомет
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rukomet
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼင်မိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ماڻهو هٿ جو بال کيڏندي
- Sinhala (si): අත් පන්දු
- Slovak (sk): hádzaná
- Slovenian (sl): rokomet
- Somali (so): qof cayaaraya kubadda gacanta
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): persona jugando handball
- Swahili (sw): mpira wa mikono
- Tajik (tg): шахси гандбол бозӣ карда истода
- Tamil (ta): கையெறி பந்து
- Telugu (te): హ్యాండ్‌బాల్ ఆడుతున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ኩዕሶ ኢድ ዝጻወት ሰብ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha netipolo
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o tshamekang bolo ya letsogo
- Turkmen (tk): gandbol oýnaýan adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž hraje mjetańcu
- Urdu (ur): ہینڈ بال
- Uyghur (ug): قولتوپ ئويناۋاتقان كىشى
- Uzbek (uz): gandbol
- Welsh (cy): pêl-law
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy aanbóol
- Xhosa (xh): umntu odlala ibhola yesandla
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Ṣere Bọọlu Ọlọwọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Shere Bɔɔlu Ɔlɔwɔ
- Zulu (zu): ibhola lesandla

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F93E` |
| HTML | `🤾` |
| CSS | `\1F93E` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F93E}` |
| Python | `\U0001F93E` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD3E` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%BE` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤾 person playing handball emoji mean?

Cocking an arm to throw a ball, this player represents handball, a fast team sport in which players pass the ball by hand and shoot at a goal. It is used for handball games and for sports and throwing in general.

### How do I type the 🤾 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “person 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 :handball_person:.

### When was the 🤾 emoji added?

🤾 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

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

U+1F93E. In HTML you can write 🤾, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F93E}.

### 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-playing-handball-emoji