Curling Stone Emoji
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🥌🥌:curling-stone:%F0%9F%A5%8C\1F94CWhat does the Curling Stone emoji mean?
Curling Stone — shown as 🥌 — is part of the Activities group. This emoji is designed to convey its concept instantly in messages, captions, social posts, and documents without needing extra explanation. Under the hood it lives at U+1F94C and debuted in Emoji 5.0 (2017). That code point is what lets you copy and paste it between apps without losing meaning. In community feeds this emoji works as a tag: it groups posts by interest, highlights achievements, and makes festive content instantly recognisable. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of curling stone stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🥌), as an HTML entity (🥌), or as a shortcode (:curling-stone:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for curling stone — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Curling Stone emoji
- In chat: Drop 🥌 into a sentence where you would normally write “curling stone” to add tone and visual interest.
- On social media: Pair 🥌 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
- In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🥌 or shortcode :curling-stone: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | Activities |
| Unicode code point | U+1F94C |
| Introduced in | Emoji 5.0 (2017) |
| Shortcode | :curling-stone: |
| HTML entity | 🥌 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays curling stone everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Curling Stone mean?
Curling Stone — shown as 🥌 — is part of the Activities group. This emoji is designed to convey its concept instantly in messages, captions, social posts, and documents without needing extra explanati...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1F94C, introduced in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Official name: "Curling Stone".
How do I copy the Curling Stone emoji?
Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.
Is the Curling Stone emoji free to use?
Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.
How is Curling Stone used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for curling stone in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.
Does it look the same on every device?
Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🥌 with their own style, colour, and shading.