Unicode's emoji list, version 18.0, has no pickleball. So pickleball emoji copy and paste starts with Pickle and paddle up top, a cucumber and a ping pong paddle: Copy puts it on your clipboard. 52 more stand-ins sit below.
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Find the kitchen, a dink or a score line
Search reads names and search words. Kitchen finds six tiles, the ASCII court among them. Pickled finds the 11-0 score line and Golden pickle, and invite finds a line for the group chat where you change the day, the time and the court.
Which stand-ins arrive in one piece
Of the eleven single emoji here, ten date from Emoji 3.0 or earlier. The exception is Pickle, new in Emoji 18.0: a phone without that version shows an empty box. So the first tile pairs the paddle with Cucumber, which CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files under pickle. The ASCII drawings keep their shape only where text is monospaced, such as a code block.
Tips
ฯ is a Greek letter, not an emoji, so try it where a name field throws the paddle out.
The score lines are samples. Paste one, then type your own numbers over ours.
Questions and answers
Is there a pickleball emoji?
No. Unicode's emoji list, version 18.0, has no pickleball, and CLDR never uses the word. Ping pong is the closest single emoji: the word paddle leads to it and to three rowing boats, nothing else.
What emoji can I use for pickleball?
A pickle and a paddle, ๐ฅ๐. Cucumber is the emoji CLDR files under pickle, and Ping pong is the only sports kit it files under paddle. Cucumber with Tennis reads as pickle, ball.
Why is it called pickleball?
After the pickle boat, by the founding family's account: in rowing, a crew made up of oarsmen left over from other boats. The game was put together from the leftover kit of several sports. Their dog Pickles, they said, was named after the game.
How big is a pickleball court?
20 feet by 44, for singles and doubles alike, the size of a doubles badminton court. The kitchen runs 7 feet back from the net on each side. The net is 36 inches high at the posts and 34 at the centre.
What does 0-0-2 mean in pickleball?
It is the score that opens a doubles game. The three parts are the serving side's score, the receiving side's score and the server number, 1 or 2. The first serve of a game always counts as the serving side's second.
๐ธBadmintonU+1F3F8. A pickleball court is 20 by 44 feet, exactly the size of a doubles badminton court. CLDR files racquet, birdie and shuttlecock here. Emoji 1.0.
๐ฅCucumberU+1F952. The pickle most phones already have: CLDR files the word pickle under it. Emoji 3.0.
๐ซPickleU+1FADD. A real pickle at last, and the newest emoji on this page. CLDR files it under brine, gherkin, relish and trouble. Until a phone has Emoji 18.0 it shows as an empty box.
๐ฅ๐Pickle and paddleCucumber, then ping pong. No emoji is a pickleball, so this spells one. CLDR files pickle under Cucumber and paddle under Ping pong, and neither emoji is newer than Emoji 3.0.
๐ซ๐Pickle and paddle, the new wayPickle, then ping pong. The same idea with the Emoji 18.0 pickle. Send it only to people whose phones are up to date, or the first half arrives as a box.
๐ฅ๐พPickle, ballCucumber, then tennis. The word split in two. CLDR files ball under Tennis and 27 other emoji, a rice ball and a ball of yarn among them.
๐Ping pongU+1F3D3. The closest single emoji. Paddle leads to three rowing boats and this, so it is the only piece of sports kit under that word. CLDR never says pickleball. Emoji 1.0.
๐พTennisU+1F3BE. Pickleball borrows from tennis and table tennis, and its court matches a doubles badminton court. CLDR files ball and racquet under this one. Emoji 0.6.
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Net, kitchen and prizes 6
๐ฅ1st place medalU+1F947. The gold one. CLDR files gold and first under it. Emoji 3.0.
๐ณCookingU+1F373. The kitchen is the 7-foot non-volley zone on each side of the net. CLDR files kitchen under one emoji, a knife, so a frying pan stands in here. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅ Goal netU+1F945. The only sports net Unicode has. A pickleball net is 36 inches high at the posts and 34 in the middle. Emoji 3.0.
๐Running shoeU+1F45F. Court shoes. CLDR files tennis under this one, next to sneaker and athletic. Emoji 0.6.
๐ Sports medalU+1F3C5. A medal with no place on it. CLDR files sports and winner under it. Emoji 1.0.
๐TrophyU+1F3C6. For the club ladder. CLDR files champion, champs and win under it. Emoji 0.6.
Plain text paddles and balls 7
ฯArchaic koppaU+03D8 Greek letter archaic koppa. A Greek letter that dropped out of the alphabet and stayed on as the number 90. It is a letter, so name fields take it.
โDotted circleU+25CC Dotted circle. A ring of dots: the nearest plain character to a ball full of holes. A real ball has between 26 and 40.
โฒNeuter signU+26B2 Neuter. A bigger circle on a shorter handle, which is closer to the shape of a pickleball paddle.
โซฐPaddle downU+2AF0 Vertical line with circle below. The same character turned over.
โธPaddle on its sideU+22B8 Multimap. A logic symbol: a line that ends in a circle.
โซฏPaddle upU+2AEF Vertical line with circle above. A circle on a stick, from the mathematical operators. It is text, so it takes the colour of your words.
โฆPiece of netU+25A6 Square with orthogonal crosshatch fill. A square of mesh. Several in a row make a net.
Score lines and name lines 9
โซฏ โ โซฐ โ โซฏ โ โซฐDivider of text paddles and dotted balls
๐ โ ๐Rally: two paddles and a ball with holes
๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐The word in bold sans capitals, a paddle at each end
๐ฅ แดษชแดแดสแดสแดสส แดสแดส ๐Club name in small capitals, for a group chat
0-0-2 ๐The opening score call in doubles
๐ฅ 11-0Pickled: a game lost without a point
๐ 11-9Final score: games go to 11, win by two
(O)== o ==(O)ASCII rally: paddle, ball, paddle
๐ Open play | Sat 9 am | Court 3Invite line: change the day, the time and the court
ASCII court, net, paddle and ball 5
BallTen holes show. A real ball has between 26 and 40, the rest being round the back.
CourtThe court from above: 20 feet wide and 44 long. The double line is the net, each kitchen runs 7 feet back from it, and the four service courts are 15 feet deep.
Net, side onThe net dips in the middle: 36 inches at each post, 34 at the centre.
PaddleA smooth face and a short handle. Plain ASCII, 11 columns wide.
Score callA doubles score has three parts: the serving side, the receiving side, then server 1 or 2. Every game opens at 0-0-2. Paste it, then change the numbers.
Pickleball combos 18
๐โช๏ธAround the postPing pong, then left arrow curving right. A shot hit wide of the net post rather than over the net. It is legal, and it may pass at any height.
๐จ๐BangerHammer, then ping pong. A player who hits mostly hard drives.
๐๐คDinkPing pong, then pinching hand. A gentle shot played to barely cross the net and land in the opposing kitchen. CLDR files small and little under the hand.
๐๐ฅGold medal matchPing pong, then 1st place medal. The last match of a tournament bracket.
โจ๐ฅGolden pickleSparkles, then cucumber. Losing 11-0 without once getting to serve.
๐๐งLemon dropLemon, then droplet. A shot that clips the net cord and trickles down the other side.
๐โคด๏ธLobPing pong, then right arrow curving up. A high arc over the head of whoever is standing at the kitchen line.
๐๐ค๐Paddle tapPing pong, then handshake, then ping pong. The courtesy at the end of a game: everyone meets at the net and taps paddles.
๐ฅซ๐PantryCanned food, then ping pong. Players' slang for the out-of-bounds strip beside the kitchen, on either sideline.
๐ฅ๐๐Pickleball at sixCucumber, then ping pong, then six oโclock. An invitation in three emoji. The clock comes in every hour and half hour.
๐ฅโค๏ธPicklerCucumber, then red heart. A pickleball player, particularly one obsessed with the sport.
๐ง๏ธ๐Rained offCloud with rain, then ping pong. For the outdoor courts.
๐ฆ๐ScorpionScorpion, then ping pong. An overhead shot taken from a squat.
๐ง๐Shake and bakeSalt, then bread. In doubles, one partner drives the third shot low and hard and the other rushes the net.
๐๐ฅSmashPing pong, then collision. The overhead answer to a lob.
๐ซ๐ณStay out of the kitchenProhibited, then cooking. A player standing in the non-volley zone may not hit the ball before it bounces.
3๏ธโฃ๐โคต๏ธThird shot dropKeycap: 3, then ping pong, then right arrow curving down. The serving side lands its third shot just over the net, in the kitchen, to buy time to come forward.
โคต๏ธโคต๏ธ๐Two-bounce ruleRight arrow curving down 2 times, then ping pong. The serve must bounce, and so must the return. Only then may anyone volley.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The emoji, their names, code points 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. In that file no emoji name holds the word pickleball, Ping pong is U+1F3D3 (Emoji 1.0) and Pickle is U+1FADD (Emoji 18.0, the newest version in the file). The 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, main branch). CLDR lists pickleball for nothing, paddle for ping pong and the three rowing boats, racquet for tennis and badminton, pickle for cucumber, tennis for running shoe, tennis and ping pong, and kitchen for kitchen knife only. The 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). Every character that is not an emoji was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and a note that names a character uses its name from that file. The note on the archaic koppa comes from NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). Wikipedia supplied the pickleball facts, read as wikitext on 2026-09-20: a perforated plastic ball, a 20 by 44 foot court the size of a doubles badminton court, the 7-foot non-volley zone called the kitchen, a net 36 inches high at the posts and 34 at the centre, 26 to 40 holes in a ball, games to 11 won by two, the three-part doubles score that opens at 0-0-2, and the two-bounce rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickleball); the terms dink, pickled, golden pickle, banger, lemon drop, lob, smash, scorpion, around the post, paddle tap, pantry, pickler, shake and bake and third shot drop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_pickleball). The 9 one-line drawings, the 5 ASCII drawings and the 18 combos are this site's own work: styled words are assembled from character names, the drawings were made for this page, and the combos put our choice of emoji to terms the glossary defines. Shots named after a living player were left out. The Unicode and CLDR files were checked on 2026-09-19 and the Wikipedia articles on 2026-09-20. Licence: own work