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🏓

ping pong

Ping Pong

🏓 is the table tennis emoji: a paddle and ball for ping pong. It can also describe a conversation bouncing between people. Paddle colour varies by app, not by meaning.

EmojiSince 2015

Also called: table tennis · paddle emoji
Search it as: paddle · pong
Type it as: :table_tennis_paddle_and_ball:
Around since: 2015 · Emoji 1.0
Shows up on: Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux

What 🏓 means

A game of table tennis, or a back-and-forth exchange.

Read the paddle literally in an invitation to play. Around emails, arguments or rapid replies, it can suggest a rally: you send something over, they send it back.

Don't confuse it with

🏸

Badminton

Badminton has a racket and a feathered shuttlecock, hit instead of a ball. 🏓 has a solid paddle and a round ball.

🎾

Tennis

The tennis ball stands for tennis, not the game played on a table.

Combination ideas

Suggestion: an email chain bouncing back and forth.

Suggestion: the same point being batted back again.

Worth knowing

🏓 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.

Questions people ask

Why is the paddle blue?

It's an artwork choice. In 2026, WhatsApp depicts a blue paddle. The colour does not change what 🏓 means.

How to type 🏓

Windows

Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “ping pong”.

macOS

Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.

iOS / Android

Emoji keyboard → search “ping pong”.

Chat apps

:table_tennis_paddle_and_ball:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.

HTML

🏓

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

🏓

HTML hex

🏓

CSS content

content: "\1F3D3";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%9F%8F%93

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Sport & games420 symbols

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