Foot emoji
🦶 🦵 👣: copy the foot emoji here in any skin tone.
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What the foot emoji means
🦶 (foot, Emoji 11.0) and 🦵 (leg) are body parts with five skin tones; 👣 (footprints) is the pair of prints for walks, baby announcements and “leaving footprints”. The foot is used for pedicures, step counts, barefoot beach posts and, in some corners, a foot-related joke. 🩴 is the flip-flop, 👟 the trainer.
Unicode name: foot · U+1F9B6 · Emoji 11.0 (2018) · group: People & Body.
How people use it
- Steps and walks: 🦶👣
- Pedicures: 🦶💅
- Babies: 👣 announcements
- Beach: 🦶🩴🌊
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| footU+1F9B6 | Skin tones | ||
| legU+1F9B5 | Skin tones | ||
| footprintsU+1F463 | Prints | ||
| running shoeU+1F45F | Trainer | Shoe |
Toe emoji and toes in the foot emoji
The foot emoji 🦶 is the closest symbol for toes, as it shows a foot with visible toes. It works for messages about stubbed toes, toe injuries, pedicures, and wiggling toes. The leg emoji 🦵 can also be used for the lower body, but this emoji is the most direct way to reference toes in a message.
If you want to talk about toes specifically, pair it with other context, like the nail polish emoji 💅 for a pedicure or the bandage emoji 🩹 for a toe injury. The footprints emoji 👣 shows a pair of footprints and is more about the trail or the act of walking than individual toes.
Skin tones and two feet emoji
This emoji supports five skin tones, from light 🦶🏻 to dark 🦶🏿. Each is a separate Unicode sequence, so you can copy the exact one you need. The default yellow foot 🦶 works when skin tone isn’t specified.
- 🦶🏻 light skin tone
- 🦶🏼 medium-light skin tone
- 🦶🏽 medium skin tone
- 🦶🏾 medium-dark skin tone
- 🦶🏿 dark skin tone
People also use two 🦶 together to talk about both feet at once: sore feet after a long walk, dancing the night away, or putting your feet up. The footprints emoji 👣 shows a pair of footprints and is more about walking.
Chat examples
Real messages with 🦶, and a reply that fits.
🦶 10k steps
👣
🦵 leg day
💪
🩴 beach
🦶
Questions people ask
What does 👣 mean?
Footprints: a walk, a baby on the way, or leaving a mark.
Does the foot emoji have skin tones?
Yes, five, each a separate sequence.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
