The ninja emoji is U+1F977, named Ninja and nothing else, and it arrived with Emoji 13.0. Below it are 58 more things to copy, from the emoji that share its search words to blades, stand-in throwing stars and text ninjas.
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Pick a tone and the combos follow
Pick a tone under More options, below the tiles, and the big ninja changes. So do all 12 combos, 11 through the ninja and After class through the bow.
No throwing star, so borrow one
Eight-pointed star is the nearest emoji, and โฆ, โง, โต and โท are ordinary star characters that pass for a shuriken in plain text. The sword and the nunchaku are drawn in ASCII, so they turn up intact. (เธ โขฬ_โขฬ)เธ borrows a Thai letter and ไธไธแ( แ )แ borrows Canadian syllabics, so each depends on the reader's device knowing that script.
Tips
The first group is every emoji sharing a search word with the ninja, person aside. Sly let a Raccoon in.
Fight cloud carries the newest version label here, Emoji 17.0, so expect an empty box on older devices.
For a quiet exit, send Smoke bomb. CLDR files Dashing away under smoke and gone, which is the whole trick.
Questions and answers
Is there a girl ninja or a boy ninja emoji?
No. Unicode's emoji list, version 18.0, has one Ninja plus the same character in five skin tones, six entries in all. No sequence joins it to the male or female sign, which is how Man detective and Woman detective are built.
Is there a shuriken or katana emoji?
Not by name. No emoji is called shuriken, katana, samurai or nunchaku, and CLDR lists none of those words for any emoji. What exists: Dagger, Crossed swords, and Kitchen knife, whose formal character name is Hocho, glossed in Unicode's names list as Japanese kitchen knife.
What does CLDR file the ninja under?
Twelve search words: assassin, fight, fighter, hidden, ninja, person, secret, skills, sly, soldier, stealth and war. Four of them, assassin, fighter, skills and ninja itself, belong to no other emoji. Stealth is shared only with Speak-no-evil monkey, and hidden only with Dotted line face.
๐ซฅDotted line faceU+1FAE5. The only other emoji CLDR files under hidden. It also gets invisible and disappear. Emoji 14.0.
๐คญFace with hand over mouthU+1F92D. Shares secret with the ninja, though giggle and oops suggest it is bad at keeping one. Emoji 5.0.
๐ถFace without mouthU+1F636. Shares secret with the ninja. CLDR adds silent and mute. Emoji 1.0.
๐ซฏFight cloudU+1FAEF. Shares fight with the ninja. It carries the newest version label on this page, so expect an empty box on older devices. Emoji 17.0.
๐Hear-no-evil monkeyU+1F649. Shares secret with the ninja, and adds shh. Emoji 0.6.
ใ๏ธJapanese โsecretโ buttonU+3299 U+FE0F. Formally Circled ideograph secret: the character for secret in a ring. It shares the search word secret with the ninja and has a plain text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชMilitary helmetU+1FA96. Shares soldier and war with the ninja, and arrived in the same release. Emoji 13.0.
๐ฅทNinjaU+1F977. One character, no man or woman form, five skin tones. CLDR files it under stealth, hidden, sly and assassin. Emoji 13.0.
๐ฆRaccoonU+1F99D. The third and last emoji CLDR files under sly. Its other words are animal, curious and its own name. Emoji 11.0.
๐See-no-evil monkeyU+1F648. Shares secret with the ninja, and adds hide. Emoji 0.6.
๐Smirking faceU+1F60F. Shares sly with the ninja. Emoji 0.6.
๐Speak-no-evil monkeyU+1F64A. The only other emoji CLDR files under stealth. It gets secret as well. Emoji 0.6.
๐คZipper-mouth faceU+1F910. Shares secret with the ninja. CLDR adds keep, shut and zip. Emoji 1.0.
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Blades and kit 8
๐ชBoomerangU+1FA83. A thrown weapon from the ninja's own release. CLDR lists rebound and repercussion. Emoji 13.0.
๐นBow and arrowU+1F3F9. CLDR lists archer and weapon, then Sagittarius, because it doubles as the zodiac sign. Emoji 1.0.
โ๏ธCrossed swordsU+2694 U+FE0F. The nearest thing to a pair of katana. Unicode has no emoji named for one. Text form available. Emoji 1.0.
๐ก๏ธDaggerU+1F5E1 U+FE0F. Three search words: dagger, knife, weapon. It has a plain text form. Emoji 0.7.
โด๏ธEight-pointed starU+2734 U+FE0F. Unicode has no throwing star, so this one stands in. CLDR lists star, and it has a plain text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชKitchen knifeU+1F52A. Its formal character name is Hocho, which the names list glosses as Japanese kitchen knife. CLDR lists hocho, chef and weapon. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅMartial arts uniformU+1F94B. The names list glosses it as judo, karate, taekwondo, and CLDR lists the same three. Emoji 3.0.
๐คบPerson fencingU+1F93A. One of only two emoji CLDR files under sword or swords. No skin tones on this one. Emoji 3.0.
Night, smoke and shadow 5
๐คBust in silhouetteU+1F464. The only emoji CLDR files under shadow. It gets mysterious too. Emoji 0.6.
๐Crescent moonU+1F319. A little light to work by. Emoji 0.6.
๐จDashing awayU+1F4A8. The puff left behind. CLDR lists smoke, gone and fast. Emoji 0.6.
๐New moonU+1F311. The darkest moon in the set. CLDR lists dark. Emoji 0.6.
๐Night with starsU+1F303. Three search words: night, star, stars. Emoji 0.6.
Moves 4
๐Person bowingU+1F647. CLDR files the bow under apology and sorry. Takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
๐คธPerson cartwheelingU+1F938. CLDR lists flip and somersault. Takes a skin tone. Emoji 3.0.
๐งPerson climbingU+1F9D7. CLDR lists scale and up. Takes a skin tone. Emoji 5.0.
๐Person runningU+1F3C3. CLDR lists fast, quick and speed. Takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
Castle, mountain, rice ball 5
๐ฏJapanese castleU+1F3EF. Three search words: building, castle, Japanese. Emoji 0.6.
โทEight pointed rectilinear black star, U+2737: straight edges
Ninja combos 12
๐ฅ๐After classMartial arts uniform, then person bowing. Uniform on, bow to finish. The bow follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฏ๐๐ฅทCastle jobJapanese castle, then new moon, then ninja. A dark moon was chosen on purpose. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐๐ฅท๐Hide and seek championSee-no-evil monkey, then ninja, then trophy. Still undefeated, possibly still hiding. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐๐ฅทNight shiftCrescent moon, then ninja. Clocking on. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฅทโ๏ธ๐ดโโ ๏ธNinja versus pirateNinja, then crossed swords, then pirate flag. The old argument, left unsettled. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐คซ๐ฅทNot a soundShushing face, then ninja. CLDR files the first face under shh and quiet. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฅท๐คShadow cloneNinja, then bust in silhouette. CLDR files the second one under shadow. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฅท๐จSmoke bombNinja, then dashing away. There, then a puff. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฅทโด๏ธStar throwerNinja, then eight-pointed star. With the only star Unicode will lend. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฅทใ๏ธTop secretNinja, then Japanese โsecretโ button. Both carry the search word secret. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฅทโ๏ธTwo swordsNinja, then crossed swords. Drawn. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
๐ฅท๐ชWho took the last cookieNinja, then cookie. Nobody saw a thing. The ninja follows the skin tone you pick.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The 35 emoji, their names, code points, skin tones and Emoji version numbers come from emoji-test.txt, 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, in sentence case. The search words quoted in the notes are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml, main branch). The first group is mechanical: Ninja, then every other emoji that shares one of its search words (assassin, fight, fighter, hidden, secret, skills, sly, soldier, stealth, war), which is 12 emoji; the word person is left out of the rule because hundreds of emoji carry it. The formal character names (Circled ideograph secret, Izakaya lantern, Hocho) are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and the glosses judo, karate, taekwondo on the martial arts uniform and Japanese kitchen knife on the hocho are annotations in NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). Text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). The other emoji, the 8 text faces and drawings, the 4 star characters and the 12 combos are this site's own choice; the ASCII sword, the ASCII nunchaku and the empty brackets were drawn for this page, and the combo names are our own. Every character in a text face was checked against UnicodeData.txt. Wikipedia's List of emoticons records m(_ _)m as a kowtow of respect or apology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons). All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are ours; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words and credited in source)