Flexed biceps: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A cartoonish, muscular arm with the elbow bent, showing off a well-defined bicep and a medium-dark skin tone. The fist is clenched tight to emphasize raw strength.

Usage Context

This is the go-to emoji for showing off physical accomplishments, motivation at the gym, or general toughness. It’s frequently used to celebrate hitting a personal record on a lift or to hype up a friend’s progress. You’ll often see it paired with 🔥 to highlight hard work or 💯 to denote maximum effort.

History

The original yellow version was added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone modifiers were later introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, following a major push for more diverse representation across global messaging platforms and social media apps.

Details

Glyph

💪🏾

Unicode

U+1F4AA U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4aa_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCAA;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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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