U+26F8 · emoji since 2014
The ice skate glides across the rink on a sharp blade. It means winter, figure skating, and gliding over the ice.
It headlines frozen ponds and skating rinks, the graceful, chilly fun of lacing up and gliding away.
In texting, ⛸️ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and ⛸️ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Ice Skate emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the ice skate emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ⛸️ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.