Flexed biceps: light skin tone Emoji
People
A cartoon-style arm showing a prominent, bulging bicep, rendered in a light skin tone. The arm is bent at the elbow to emphasize the contraction of the muscle.
Usage Context
This is the go-to emoji for showing off physical strength, cheering someone on, or signaling a workout session. It is frequently sent as a sign of encouragement or to celebrate hitting a personal best at the gym. It is often used alongside 🔥 to highlight hard work or 💯 to denote perfect form or results.
History
The original flexed biceps emoji debuted in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone variations were added later in 2015 with Unicode 8.0, allowing users to select modifiers that better represent diverse appearances while maintaining the classic 'strongman' imagery popularized by early internet message board culture.
Details
Glyph
💪🏻
Unicode
U+1F4AA U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4aa_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory body-parts
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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