Fully masked in black, only the eyes showing — the ninja emoji is built for stealth. It's used for sneaking around undetected, pulling off something quietly impressive, or the classic 'edited my message like a ninja' move nobody was ever supposed to notice.
What 🥷 means
A ninja, trained in the art of Ninjutsu, cropped at the shoulders. This character is designed with a black outfit, a black mask covering the entire face except for the eyes, and a weapon that mostly looks like a sword clutched to the back of the character.
The 🥷 Ninja emoji is a very recent addition to the emoji family. Introduced only in 2020, this emoji is yet to be available on all platforms. It signifies a sense of being agile, focused, skilled, calm, prepared, vigilant, and highly dexterous with weapons.
How and when to use it
- If you're discussing to sneak out for a party or a sleepover, and your buddy is a little concerned about your sneaking out abilities, use 🥷 in that conversation to show that you're skilled enough for it.
- If you've joined a Ninjutsu class or you know someone close who did, use 🥷 while talking about it to someone.
- If you're sharing about a ninja movie either in your stories or over a DM to some friends, use 🥷 within that story or the text message.
- You can also use 🥷 in your social media profile name if you're really fascinated by ninjas and their skills.
- 🥷 can be used as an emoji response to a social media post on ninja martial arts or ninjas in general.
- Besides the actual ninjas, 🥷 can also be used to address someone who's great at something. For example, "Yo, you don't say, after all those ninja moves you've got going on in the game 🥷".
Other Names
- 🥷 Martial Artist
- 🥷 Skilled Artist
- 🥷 Fighter
- 🥷 Pro Fighter
- 🥷 Ninjutsu Professional
- 🥷 Professional
- 🥷 Expert
- 🥷 Master
- 🥷 Trained Professional
- 🥷 Ninjutsu Artist
🥷 in real conversations
What does 🥷 mean from a guy?
Moving in silence — doing something sneaky, low-key, or without announcing it to anyone. It covers everything from quietly acing a task to liking someone's old photos without leaving a trace.
What does 🥷 mean in texting?
Stealth, plain and simple — doing something under the radar with zero announcement made. 'Got it done 🥷' means it happened quietly, no fanfare, and nobody even noticed until it was already finished.
What's a 'ninja edit'?
Changing a sent message or post without flagging that it was edited at all — sneaking the correction in unnoticed. The 🥷 gets dropped afterward as an admission: caught editing, no apology attached.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › person-role
- Codepoints
U+1F977- Emoji version
- Emoji 13.0
- Shortcodes
:ninja:- Keywords
- assassin, fight, fighter, hidden, ninja, person, secret, skills, sly, soldier, stealth, war
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.
Skin tone variations
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🥷 Ninja or 👺 Goblin?
Runs with a crowd
🥷 keeps company in black emojis and cool emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.