Leg Emoji

People

A representation of a human leg, usually shown from the thigh down to the foot, depicting skin tone based on the user's settings. It features a defined calf muscle and a visible knee joint.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to talk about physical exercise, running, or playing sports like soccer. It also appears in conversations about being tired from walking or recovering from a leg injury. It is often paired with 🏃 for fitness topics or 🦶 when discussing lower body movement.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0, this icon was released alongside a wave of anatomical additions to help users better describe physical movement and health-related activities in messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

🦵

Unicode

U+1F9B5

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9b5:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDB5;

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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