U+1F3D3 ยท emoji since 2015
A table tennis paddle and ball. It stands for quick games, back and forth, and office break fun.
People use it for matches, fast rallies, and the back and forth of a good chat. Your serve.
In texting, ๐ 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 ๐ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Ping Pong emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the ping pong emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ๐ 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.