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 Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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

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