What does π mean?
Basketball: basketball, the NBA, sport, training.
Its official Unicode name is BASKETBALL AND HOOP and its CLDR short name is "basketball" (in Hungarian: "kosΓ‘rlabda"). It belongs to the Activities group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- ball
- hoop
- sport
In Hungarian: kosΓ‘r, labda, sport
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws π in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F3C0. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- BASKETBALL AND HOOP
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- kosΓ‘rlabda
- English name (CLDR)
- basketball
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Activities Β· sport
- Length
- 1 code point Β· 4 bytes in UTF-8 Β· 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :basketball:
Related emojis
- Soccer ball
- Baseball
- Softball
- Volleyball
- American football
- Rugby football
- Tennis
- Flying disc
Frequently asked questions
What does the π emoji mean?
Basketball: basketball, the NBA, sport, training.
How do I type the π emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "ball".
When was the π emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.