Flexed biceps: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A cartoon-style arm showing off a bulging bicep, rendered in a medium-light skin tone. The drawing emphasizes the muscle peak to signal physical power and peak conditioning.

Usage Context

This is the go-to graphic for bragging about a workout, hitting a new personal best at the gym, or showing support for someone else's hard work. It frequently pops up alongside 🏋️ or 🥗 to signal a commitment to fitness, though it is also used more broadly to suggest general toughness or resilience.

History

Based on the original muscle emoji added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the skin tone variants were introduced in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update. This was a massive shift for messaging platforms, allowing users to move away from the standard yellow default and better represent their own identity when sharing accomplishments.

Details

Glyph

💪🏼

Unicode

U+1F4AA U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4aa_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCAA;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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