Foot: light skin tone Emoji

People

A detailed illustration of a human foot viewed from the side, rendered with a light skin tone. The design captures the arch, heel, and toes, clearly indicating a barefoot appearance.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss walking, running, or physical exercise. Because it represents a literal foot, it also appears in slang contexts involving 'putting your foot down,' taking a step forward, or sometimes in content related to podiatry and footwear. It is often used alongside the 👟 or 🦵 emojis to talk about movement or sports.

History

The base foot emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0. Its introduction followed a long-standing user request for more diverse and specific anatomical representations, eventually expanding to include the various skin tone modifiers that allow for better representation across the global user base.

Details

Glyph

🦶🏻

Unicode

U+1F9B6 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9b6_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDB6;&#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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