flexed biceps: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F4AA 1F3FE
Description
A bicep emoji, flexing, featuring a medium-dark skin tone. The arm is bent at the elbow, with the hand curled into a fist, signifying strength, power, or effort.
Group:
People & Body > body-parts
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents strength, power, determination, achievement, physical fitness, or 'you got this'. Can also be used to express admiration for someone's effort or resilience.
Backstory
The original flexing bicep emoji (U+1F4AA) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The addition of skin tone modifiers (like U+1F3FE for medium-dark skin tone) came in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, allowing for greater diversity and representation.
Usage Examples
- Showing off workout progress: 'Just finished my run! 💪🏾'
- Encouraging someone: 'You can do it! 💪🏾'
- Expressing strength or resilience: 'After all that, I'm still standing! 💪🏾'
- Celebrating an achievement: 'Nailed that presentation! 💪🏾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Widely used to denote physical strength, working out, success, or encouragement (e.g., 'muscle up', 'strong work').
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often used for encouragement, showing off one's own fitness, or expressing effort and perseverance.