About
The Basketball emoji (🏀) is your go-to for anything sports-related, competitive, or just plain impressive. Whether you're hyping up game night, celebrating a clutch performance, or metaphorically 'shooting your shot,' this orange sphere brings that March Madness energy to any conversation.
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Vibe & Tone
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- Activities
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When to use 🏀
- →Announcing you're watching or playing basketball
- →Celebrating athletic achievements or wins
- →Using 'shooting your shot' metaphorically for taking chances
- →Discussing March Madness or NBA playoffs
- →Hyping up competitive situations or challenges
Keywords
basketballballhoopsportactivities
Related Concepts
shooting shotgame timesports nightcompetitionclutchMVPballercourtdunkswish
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F3C0
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji was part of the original Unicode 6.1 release in 2012, making it one of the OG sports emojis that paved the way for the extensive athletics collection we have today.
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