Man lifting weights: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium skin tone performing a clean-and-jerk lift with a heavy barbell raised above his head. He wears athletic gear, typically a tank top and shorts, and is captured in the moment of stabilization.

Usage Context

Used to signal that someone is hitting the gym, sharing a personal fitness milestone, or talking about strength training. It is the go-to emoji for fitness enthusiasts documenting their progress and is frequently paired with 💪 to emphasize strength or 🏃 to discuss general exercise routines.

History

The base lifter emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The option for skin tone modifiers was added later in 2015 with Unicode 8.0, allowing for more diverse representation of athletes in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🏋🏽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F3CB U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3cb_1f3fd_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFCB;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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