A racquet strung tight beside a shuttlecock caught mid-flight, the birdie always drawn a beat before contact. It's used narrowly for badminton itself, a backyard match, a gym-class unit, competitive doubles, without picking up much slang life outside the actual sport the way some of its racquet neighbors do.
What 🏸 means
A badminton racket with a circular netted surface at the top, followed by a thin handle wrapped in black tape at the end. Next to this bat is a shuttlecock with a rubbery/spongy edge supporting a line of feathers.
The 🏸 Badminton emoji is a reference to the popular game of badminton. It signifies both leisure and professional platforms for the game, apart from characteristics such as agility, speed, focus, strength, and flexibility.
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone to join you in a game of badminton (online or offline), use 🏸 - "Yo. I'm bored as hell. Wanna come over? 🏸" or "Pleeeze come online. We're in the middle of a game! 🏸".
- You can also use 🏸 while sharing social media stories from a live badminton game you're at, or even a picture/video of yourself and your buddy(ies) playing a match, or after.
- If you're texting your bestie or someone else who's close(r) about how you and your crush/boyfriend/present husband met, or if you're posting a sweet picture of the same, use 🏸. Like, "It aaaaalll goes back to the day he asked me out for a match 🏸 Just the two of us, and I won!".
- Also, if you're sharing nostalgic pictures of playing the guitar on a badminton racket, don't forget to use 🏸 in the caption!
Other Names
- 🏸 Badminton Racket and Shuttlecock
- 🏸 Battledore and Shuttlecock
- 🏸 Badminton Racquet
- 🏸 Singles
- 🏸 Doubles
The lowdown
- Category
- Activities › sport
- Codepoints
U+1F3F8- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:badminton:GitHub · Discord:badminton_racquet_and_shuttlecock:Slack- Keywords
- badminton, birdie, game, racquet, shuttlecock
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🏸 Badminton or 🎣 Fishing Pole?
Runs with a crowd
🏸 keeps company in sports emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.