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🤾🏻♀️ woman playing handball emoji
The woman playing handball emoji 🤾🏻♀️ depicts a woman participating in handball, with a ball in play. It is used in contexts related to handball, athletics, and ball sports, including throwing, catching, or tossing a ball. It can also refer to a woman player in sports-related conversations.
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- Category
- People & Body
- Unicode version
- 9.0
- Release year
- 2016
- Unicode sequence
- U+1F93E U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Emoji version
- 4.0
What does 🤾🏻♀️ mean?
A woman depicted in a dynamic, athletic pose, mid-action, with one arm extended upwards and the other holding or about to release a ball. The figure is typically shown in a sports uniform, often with short hair or a ponytail, and in motion. This emoji represents a woman playing handball, a team sport where players pass and bounce a ball to score goals against the opposing team. Part of the 'person-sport' series in the Unicode standard.
Common uses
- Representing a woman playing handball: 'She's on the handball team 🤾♀️'
- Indicating participation in sports activities: 'Weekend plans include some handball 🤾♀️'
- Symbolizing female athleticism: 'Women's sports are gaining more recognition 🤾♀️'
In a message
The school's handball team has a new member 🤾♀️
I'm looking forward to the handball match this weekend 🤾♀️
She's been training hard for the handball tournament 🤾♀️
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What does 🤾🏻♀️ mean?
A woman depicted in a dynamic, athletic pose, mid-action, with one arm extended upwards and the other holding or about to release a ball. The figure is typically shown in a sports uniform, often with short hair or a ponytail, and in motion. This emoji represents a woman playing handball, a team sport where players pass and bounce a ball to score goals against the opposing team. Part of the 'person-sport' series in the Unicode standard.
How do I copy Woman Playing Handball: Light Skin Tone?
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