U+26F9 "⛹" Person with Ball Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛹
U+26F9 "⛹" Person with Ball is a pictographic symbol that depicts a human figure actively holding or dribbling a ball, typically representing sports or physical activity in digital communication. Originally introduced in Unicode 5.2 as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block, this character is often used in contexts related to basketball, handball, or general athletic engagement, and it can be modified with variation selectors or combined with skin tone modifiers for greater representational diversity. Its design varies across platforms but consistently conveys motion and gameplay, making it a versatile icon for sport and recreation in texts and emoji sets.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26F9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Person with Ball |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⛹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⛹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9B 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26F9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026F9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26f9 |