The flying disc emoji is 🥏, U+1F94F, from Emoji 11.0. Unicode lists it with the sports, between Tennis and Bowling, and CLDR gives it three search words: disc, flying and ultimate.
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Why ultimate
Ultimate is a sport, not praise. By Wikipedia it is a non-contact team game played with a disc: a point is scored by a pass caught in the opposing end zone, and a player holding the disc must not take steps. Huck, The pull and Hammer are its terms, spelled here in emoji.
Disc or disk
CLDR spells the flying one disc and the computer ones disk. By Wiktionary, disc is the usual spelling for optical media, yet CLDR’s short name is Optical disk, while Unicode’s character name for the same emoji is Optical disc. Search here takes either spelling.
Only one other emoji has flying in its name: Flying saucer.
Questions and answers
What does the 🥏 emoji mean?
A disc for throwing and catching. Wikipedia describes three sports played with one: ultimate, disc golf, where the target is often a basket with chains, and disc dog, where a dog does the catching.
Is there a discus emoji?
No. No emoji name and no CLDR search word holds discus. By Wikipedia the discus is a weight thrown for distance in track and field. Flying disc is the nearest shape, and the combo Discus day sets it by a stadium.
Is there a disc emoticon?
This page has its own, typed with plain keys: (====) is a disc seen side on, and ~ ~ (====) is one in flight. Two drawings follow them, a larger disc and a disc golf basket.
All 44 items
Flying disc emoji 13
🧺BasketU+1F9FA. The only emoji CLDR files under basket. Emoji 11.0.
🏖️Beach with umbrellaU+1F3D6 U+FE0F. Filed under beach. Emoji 0.7.
🎳BowlingU+1F3B3. The emoji after Flying disc in Unicode’s list. Emoji 0.6.
⛓️ChainsU+26D3 U+FE0F. Filed under chains. Emoji 0.7.
💨Dashing awayU+1F4A8. Filed under fast. Emoji 0.6.
🐕DogU+1F415. Filed under dog. Emoji 0.7.
⛳Flag in holeU+26F3. Filed under golf. Emoji 0.6.
🥏Flying discU+1F94F. The only emoji CLDR files under disc and under ultimate. Also filed under flying. Emoji 11.0.
🛸Flying saucerU+1F6F8. The only other emoji with flying in its name. Emoji 5.0.
🥅Goal netU+1F945. Filed under goal. Emoji 3.0.
🏞️National parkU+1F3DE U+FE0F. Filed under park. Emoji 0.7.
🎾TennisU+1F3BE. The emoji before Flying disc in Unicode’s list. Emoji 0.6.
🌬️Wind faceU+1F32C U+FE0F. Filed under wind. Emoji 0.7.
Computer disks 4
💽Computer diskU+1F4BD. Filed under disk. Unicode’s character name is Minidisc. Emoji 0.6.
📀DVDU+1F4C0. Filed under disk. Emoji 0.6.
💾Floppy diskU+1F4BE. Filed under disk. Emoji 0.6.
💿Optical diskU+1F4BF. Filed under disk. Unicode’s character name is Optical disc. Emoji 0.6.
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Disc symbols 4
◯Disc outline, from aboveU+25EF. Unicode names it Large circle.
⬭Disc outline, side onU+2B2D. Unicode names it White horizontal ellipse.
⊚Disc with its rimU+229A. Unicode names it Circled ring operator.
⬬Disc, filled, side onU+2B2C. Unicode names it Black horizontal ellipse.
Disc emoticons 4
(====)A disc, side on. Plain ASCII
~ ~ (====)A disc in flight. Plain ASCII
(====) \o/About to be caught with both hands. Plain ASCII
o/ ~(====) \oA throw and a catch. Plain ASCII
Disc drawings 2
Disc golf basket, drawnSeven lines of ASCII
Flying disc, drawnFour lines of ASCII
Disc sports 8
🥏🐕Disc dogBy Wikipedia: a dog sport of distance and freestyle catching. Flying disc, then dog.
🥏🧺Disc golfBy Wikipedia: players throw a disc at a target, often a basket with chains. Flying disc, then basket.
🥏🔨HammerA throw Wikipedia lists among the less often used in ultimate. Flying disc, then hammer.
🥏💨HuckBy Wikipedia’s list of ultimate terms: a long throw of the disc. Flying disc, then dashing away.
🥏🙌🥅In the end zoneBy Wikipedia a point in ultimate is scored by a catch in the opposing end zone. Flying disc, then raising hands, then goal net.
▶️🥏The pullBy Wikipedia: the throw by the defense that starts each point of ultimate. Play button, then flying disc.
🥏🤝Spirit of the gameBy Wikipedia ultimate relies on it for fair play: players call their own fouls. Flying disc, then handshake.
🥏👥UltimateBy Wikipedia: a contact-free team sport using a disc. Flying disc, then busts in silhouette.
Disc combos 9
🎒🥏After-school throwsBackpack, then flying disc.
🥏🏖️Beach throwsFlying disc, then beach with umbrella.
🥏💿Disc to diskFlying disc, then optical disk.
🥏🏟️Discus dayFlying disc, then stadium.
🥏🌲🌲Lost in the treesFlying disc, then evergreen tree, twice.
🥏🌳☀️Park dayFlying disc, then deciduous tree, then sun.
🥏🏠Stuck on the roofFlying disc, then house.
🥏🏆Tournament weekendFlying disc, then trophy.
🌬️🥏Windy roundWind face, then flying disc.
How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-08 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Flying disc is U+1F94F, Emoji 11.0, in the group Activities, subgroup sport: Tennis is printed before it and Bowling after it. CLDR gives it three search words (disc, flying, ultimate); it is the only emoji filed under disc and under ultimate, and one of four under flying. Flying saucer is the only other emoji with flying in its name. No emoji name and no CLDR search word holds discus. CLDR files four emoji under disk (Computer disk, Floppy disk, Optical disk, DVD). Character names (Optical disc and Minidisc behind CLDR’s Optical disk and Computer disk; the two ellipses, Large circle and Circled ring operator) are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt). Ultimate (a contact-free team sport using a disc, points scored by a pass caught in the opposing end zone, no steps while holding the disc, the pull, the huck, the hammer, the spirit of the game and players calling their own fouls) is from Wikipedia’s article on the sport (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_(sport), CC BY-SA 4.0). Disc golf (a disc thrown at a target, often a basket with chains) is from Wikipedia, Disc golf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf); disc dog from Wikipedia, Disc dog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_dog); the discus (a weight thrown for distance in track and field) from Wikipedia, Discus throw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_throw). That disk is the usual spelling for magnetic media and disc for optical media is from the usage notes of Wiktionary, disk (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disk, CC BY-SA 4.0). The four typed discs, the two drawings, the emoji chosen for each term and the nine combos are this site’s own work. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.