Emoji dictionary
钾癸笍 Basketball Player emoji
or Person with Ball emoji [ bas-kit-bawl pley-er ih-moh-jee ]
What does 钾癸笍 Basketball Player emoji mean?
The Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍 depicts a person dribbling a basketball. It is commonly used to represent basketball, basketball players, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women’s National Basketball Association, and the yearly NCAA March Madness tournament. The emoji is also often used more generally to refer to sports and exercise. The Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍 is often used alongside the Basketball emoji 馃弨. It shares many uses with the Man Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍鈥嶁檪锔� and the Woman Basketball Player emoji.
If basketball amps you up, then March Madness must whip up a frenzy. Why do we refer to this NCAA men’s basketball tournament as “March Madness”?
Where does 钾癸笍 Basketball Player emoji come from?
The Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍, which is called Person with Ball by the Unicode Consortium, was approved under Unicode 5.2 in 2009. On most major platforms, the emoji depicts a human being dribbling a basketball towards the left. On most platforms, the person is wearing a tank top and shorts of different colors depending on the platform. The Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft versions of the emoji have the person wearing a headband. The Twitter and Microsoft versions depict a faceless person. The Microsoft, WhatsApp, and Facebook versions of the emoji are identical to the Man Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍鈥嶁檪锔�. Unlike other major platforms, the Microsoft version of the emoji depicts a person facing the viewer while holding a basketball against their left side. The emoji can be customized with various skin tones.
Unsurprisingly, the Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍 is often used to refer to basketball or basketball players. It is used to refer to both men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball. It sees increased use during the NBA and WNBA seasons, as well as in March during the duration of the March Madness collegiate basketball tournament.
Typically, emoji users tend to choose either the Woman Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍鈥嶁檧锔� or Man Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍鈥嶁檪锔� instead of the Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍 when referring to themselves or a specific basketball league or player. However, all three of these emoji overlap heavily in usage and may be used together.
Examples of 钾癸笍 Basketball Player emoji
Who uses 钾癸笍 Basketball Player emoji?
As you might expect, the Basketball Player emoji 钾癸笍 is used to refer to basketball or basketball players.
After Ramadan im hittin park everyday to shoot hoops馃弨钾癸笍
— Abz (@Abzino94)
Who's ready for some
馃弨
钾癸笍
馃弳— Brian Belanger (@jetjesus)
Good luck to the Jackson Fighting Indians boys and girls basketball teams in their state championship playoff game tonight! 钾癸笍鈥嶁檧锔忦煆�钾癸笍
— Rep. Jason Smith (@RepJasonSmith)
It is also used more generally to refer to sports or exercise. 馃弨
I wish I could drop my body off at the GYM 钾癸笍 and then pick it up when it's ready 馃檮
— 扭h臎 PATRYO'T 馃嚡馃嚥 馃嚭馃嚞 (@TrueXLeader)
I love sports! 馃挴馃敟馃ぞ钾癸笍
— kirsten (@kristenspart2)
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