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

&#xD83D;&#xDCAA;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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