What does 🦶🏽 Foot: Medium Skin Tone mean?
🦶🏽 is the Foot emoji (🦶) with a medium skin tone (🏽, Fitzpatrick type 4) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.
A bare foot seen from the side. It is used for walking, stomping, kicking, sore feet after a long day, and anything to do with toes and soles. Expect it in chats about hiking, pedicures, shoe sizes or a podiatrist visit. Some people send it as a playful “step on it” or to say they are putting their foot down.
🦶🏽 Foot: Medium Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (body parts), added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. People use it in messages about ankle, feet, kick and stomp.
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🦶🏽 Foot: Medium Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Foot: Medium Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Foot in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Foot: Medium Skin Tone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🦶🏽 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.
When was the Foot: Medium Skin Tone emoji added?
🦶🏽 Foot: Medium Skin Tone was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Foot emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow 🦶, there are 5 skin tone versions: 🦶🏻 🦶🏼 🦶🏽 🦶🏾 🦶🏿. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does 🦶🏽 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Foot: Medium Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F9B6 U+1F3FD) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.