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man playing handball

A man shown mid-throw in the sport of handball, one arm raised and a ball in hand

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Code points
U+1F93E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
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Meaning

A man shown mid-throw in the sport of handball, one arm raised and a ball in hand. It commonly represents handball itself, team sports, or athletic activity, and can also convey throwing, hurling, or launching something with force. In conversation it often appears in sports talk, fitness contexts, or playful boasts about throwing or "chucking" an object. It can additionally suggest energetic action or competitive spirit. Usage varies, so it may be read literally as the sport or loosely as any throwing motion; context usually clarifies which is intended.

Man playing handball — Approved as part of Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F93E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Unicode name
man playing handball
Category
People & BodyPeople at sport
Unicode
9.0 · 2016Emoji 4.0
Keywords
athleticsballcatchchuckhandballhurllobmanpitchplayingsportthrowtossemoji

Developer

ZWJ sequenceemoji presentation requested via VS16 (U+FE0F)
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F93E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Unicode nameman playing handball
UTF-8F0 9F A4 BE E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):man_playing_handball:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🤾‍♂️
HTML (decimal)🤾‍♂️
CSS\1F93E \200D \2642 \FE0F
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F93E}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python\U0001F93E\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
Perl\x{1F93E}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F93E}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Encodings
Punycodexn--1ug66vku9r378h
URL escape code%F0%9F%A4%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Frequently asked

What does 🤾‍♂️ man playing handball mean?

A man shown mid-throw in the sport of handball, one arm raised and a ball in hand. It commonly represents handball itself, team sports, or athletic activity, and can also convey throwing, hurling, or launching something with force. In conversation it often appears in sports talk, fitness contexts, or playful boasts about throwing or "chucking" an object. It can additionally suggest energetic action or competitive spirit. Usage varies, so it may be read literally as the sport or loosely as any throwing motion; context usually clarifies which is intended.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🤾‍♂️ man playing handball?

U+1F93E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F (Unicode 9.0, 2016) · :man_playing_handball:

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