85 emoji for activities and sport — sport, music, games and celebrations. Tap any character to copy it, or search the whole category by name.
The grid below holds every standard emoji in this category. Click one to copy it to your clipboard; use the search box above if you already know the name.
Activities collects the things people do for fun: balls and rackets, medals and trophies, instruments, dice and cards, and the party symbols that show up on every birthday post.
The party popper and the balloon are the most used overall, with the football and the basketball close behind during their seasons. The trophy spikes whenever a result is announced.
Unicode gives every emoji an English name. Knowing the name is useful, because it is what the search box matches and what other people use when they describe an emoji to you.
| Emoji | Official name | Usually means |
|---|---|---|
| 🎃 | jack-o-lantern | jack-o-lantern |
| 🎄 | Christmas tree | Christmas tree |
| 🎆 | fireworks | fireworks |
| 🎇 | sparkler | sparkler |
| 🧨 | firecracker | firecracker |
| ✨ | sparkles | sparkles |
| 🎈 | balloon | balloon |
| 🎉 | party popper | party popper |
| 🎊 | confetti ball | confetti ball |
| 🎋 | tanabata tree | tanabata tree |
| 🎍 | pine decoration | pine decoration |
| 🎎 | Japanese dolls | Japanese dolls |
| 🎏 | carp streamer | carp streamer |
| 🎐 | wind chime | wind chime |
| 🎑 | moon viewing ceremony | moon viewing ceremony |
| 🧧 | red envelope | red envelope |
| 🎀 | ribbon | ribbon |
| 🎁 | wrapped gift | wrapped gift |
| 🎗️ | reminder ribbon | reminder ribbon |
| 🎟️ | admission tickets | admission tickets |
| 🎫 | ticket | ticket |
| 🎖️ | military medal | military medal |
| 🏆 | trophy | trophy |
| 🏅 | sports medal | sports medal |
| 🥇 | 1st place medal | 1st place medal |
| 🥈 | 2nd place medal | 2nd place medal |
Every character on this page is a button, and the steps are identical on a phone, a tablet and a desktop:
Nothing is installed and nothing is uploaded. These are standard Unicode characters, so the device you are already holding knows how to draw them.
Ordinary text is safe everywhere. The problems start with two groups: characters that need a font the receiving device may not ship with, and applications that deliberately filter what you can type.
| Place | Works? | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram, TikTok, X bio and captions | Yes | Symbols and emoji both display; a handful of rare glyphs may render as a box on older Android versions |
| Discord display name and messages | Yes | Almost everything works, including the rarer box-drawing characters |
| WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal | Yes | Full support for emoji and symbols |
| Word, Google Docs, Excel, Sheets | Yes | Fine on a desktop; fonts on older Office installs may miss the newest glyphs |
| Most online games (usernames) | Sometimes | Many titles strip anything outside their font. Test with one symbol first |
| SMS | Yes, but | An emoji can push a message into a longer billing segment |
The practical rule: if you are decorating a bio or a document, paste freely. If you are building a username that has to survive a game login screen, start with one character, confirm it appears, then add the rest.