🦶🏽
foot: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F9B6 1F3FD
Description
A foot with a tan or medium skin tone, showing five toes and typically part of the ankle.
Group:
People & Body > body-parts
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, descriptive. Used to represent the body part itself, actions involving feet, or concepts related to feet.
Backstory
The foot emoji (🦶) was introduced in Unicode 12.0 (2019). The skin tone modifier (🏽) allows for representation across various human skin tones.
Usage Examples
- Talking about walking: 'I walked so much today, my feet are tired! 🦶🏽'
- Referring to foot health: 'My doctor recommended exercises for my foot 🦶🏽 pain.'
- Talking about shoes: 'These new sandals feel great on my feet 🦶🏽.'
- Figurative usage: 'He put his best foot 🦶🏽 forward.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in contexts of walking, running, foot health, footwear, and sometimes as a generic body part.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, often appearing in health, fashion, or travel contexts.