man lifting weights: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F3CB 1F3FC 200D 2642 FE0F
Description
A person lifting weights, depicted with a medium-light skin tone. The person is a man.
Group:
People & Body > person-sport
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents strength, effort, fitness, determination, and working out.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence combining 'person lifting weights' (🏅), 'medium-light skin tone' (🏼), 'ZWJ' (), 'male sign' (♂), and 'emoji variation selector' (️). The base emoji 🏅 was approved as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016. The specific male, medium-light skin tone sequence allows for gender and skin tone variation.
Usage Examples
- Expressing dedication to fitness: 'Gym time! 🏋🏼♂️'
- Showing effort or hard work: 'After that presentation, I feel like I just lifted weights 🏋🏼♂️'
- Celebrating strength: 'Crushed my personal best! 🏋🏼♂️'
- Inviting someone to work out: 'Ready to hit the gym? 🏋🏼♂️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in contexts of gym, exercise, health, and personal achievement. Often associated with 'gains' or physical transformation.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, but may also be used playfully to self-deprecate after a strenuous activity, or to praise someone's literal or metaphorical 'muscle'.