Emoji
(BALL OF YARN): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(BALL OF YARN), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji BALL OF YARN
- Unicode Name
- BALL OF YARN
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F9F6
- Category
- Activities & Sports
- Subcategory
- arts & crafts
- Slug
- yarn
Meaning and description of emoticon 🧶
The 🧶 emoji depicts a ball of knitting yarn with a loose strand. Part of the Unicode standard, "Objects" category.
🧶 is used to show a ball of yarn, knitting, homemade crafts and quiet manual labor. Paired with 🪡 🧵 it becomes more accurate, and examples like “It’s the yarn, knitting and measured hand process that counts here 🧶” that convey this well. A close shade is given by 🧵, 🪢, 🪡, but 🧶 remains the most expressive option. The sign is appropriate when you need to show yarn, knitting, hobbies, home crafts or quiet manual work. A ball of yarn often means not only material, but a leisurely creative process and home comfort.
Usage Examples 🧶
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :yarn: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :yarn: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :yarn: | |
| HTML Dec | 🧶 | |
| HTML Hex | 🧶 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9F6"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F9F6 | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83E\uDDF6 | |
| Perl | \x{1F9F6} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F9F6} | |
| Punycode | xn--dw9h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%A7%B6 | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F A7 B6 |