Leg emoji 🦵
🦵 is the leg: a single bent leg from thigh to foot, taking all five skin tones. It means legs — leg day at the gym, a kick, a knee injury, “my legs are dead after that…
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What the leg 🦵 emoji means
🦵 is the leg: a single bent leg from thigh to foot, taking all five skin tones. It means legs — leg day at the gym, a kick, a knee injury, “my legs are dead after that hike” — and it is the emoji people use for knees and thighs, which have none of their own. Added in Emoji 11.0 (2018) with 🦶 foot; 🦿 mechanical leg (2019) represents a prosthetic. With 🏋️ person lifting weights it is leg day, with 🩼 crutch an injury, and with ⚽ a kick.
Unicode name: leg · U+1F9B5 · Emoji 11.0 (2018) · group: People & Body.
How people use it
- Leg day: squats, gym posts
- Injuries: knees, breaks, physio
- Kicks: football, martial arts
- Walking and hiking: tired legs
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| legU+1F9B5 | Leg, knee | |
| footU+1F9B6 | Foot | |
| mechanical legU+1F9BF | Prosthetic leg | |
| person lifting weightsU+1F3CB U+FE0F | Leg day | |
| crutchU+1FA7C | Injury | |
| flexed bicepsU+1F4AA | The arm equivalent |
Skin tones for the leg emoji 🦵
The leg emoji supports all five standard skin tones. Add one of the modifier characters to change the colour: type 🦵🏻 for a light skin tone or 🦵🏽 for a medium skin tone. You can also use the picker on your keyboard to select the exact shade you want before sending.
This works the same way as other body part emoji like 👏 and 👍. In most apps, the skin tone is applied after the base emoji, and the combined character sends as a single symbol.
Questions people ask
Is there a knee emoji?
No. 🦵 leg, which is drawn bent at the knee, is used for knees.
What does 🦵 mean from a guy?
Usually leg day, a sports kick or an injury update.
Is there a prosthetic leg emoji?
Yes, 🦿 mechanical leg, added in 2019 with 🦾 mechanical arm.
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.
