What does 🦵🏼 Leg: Medium-Light Skin Tone mean?
🦵🏼 is the Leg emoji (🦵) with a medium-light skin tone (🏼, Fitzpatrick type 3) 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.
Bent at the knee, a bare leg ready to kick or run. It covers kicking, running, knees, stretching and the dreaded leg day at the gym. People use it in physical therapy updates, dance and sports chats, or to mention an injury. Pair it with 🦶 for the whole lower limb, or with 💪 to round out a workout recap. It comes in five skin tones.
🦵🏼 Leg: Medium-Light 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 bent, foot, kick, knee and limb.
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🦵🏼 Leg: Medium-Light Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Leg: Medium-Light Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Leg in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Leg: Medium-Light 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 Leg: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji added?
🦵🏼 Leg: Medium-Light 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 Leg 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 Leg: Medium-Light Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F9B5 U+1F3FC) 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.