woman bouncing ball: medium skin tone
Unicode: 26F9 1F3FD 200D 2640
Description
A woman playing handball, depicted with medium skin tone. The symbol combines the handball player emoji with a female sign and a skin tone modifier.
Group:
People & Body > person-sport
Status:
minimally-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, descriptive. Represents a physical activity or a specific demographic within that activity.
Backstory
The core 'Person Playing Handball' (U+26F9) was approved as part of Unicode 5.2 in 2009. The addition of skin tone modifiers (like U+1F3FD for medium skin tone) and gendered variants (like combining with U+200D U+2640 FE0F for 'woman') came later with Unicode 8.0 (2015) and Emoji 3.0 (2016) respectively, to allow for more diverse representation.
Usage Examples
- Highlighting women's sports: 'Our women's handball team won the championship! ⛹🏽♀️'
- Representing an athlete: 'She's a professional handball player. ⛹🏽♀️'
- Discussing women's health and fitness: 'Handball is a great workout for women! ⛹🏽♀️'
- Scheduling practices: 'Women's handball practice at 5 PM. ⛹🏽♀️'
Cultural Differences
General:
Universally recognized as a female handball player. Specific nuances are minimal beyond the sport itself.