What does 🦿 Mechanical Leg mean?
A prosthetic or robotic leg. Part of the accessibility emoji set, it represents people who use prosthetic legs, amputee athletes and anyone in rehabilitation. It also suits conversations about robotics and engineering, and the occasional joke about legs feeling mechanical after a brutal workout. Like the mechanical arm, it does not support skin tones.
🦿 Mechanical Leg is an emoji from the People & Body category (body parts), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about accessibility and prosthetic.
Example messages
🦿 Mechanical Leg on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Mechanical Leg looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Mechanical Leg 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. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :mechanical_leg:.
When was the Mechanical Leg emoji added?
🦿 Mechanical Leg was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🦿 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Mechanical Leg. The underlying code (U+1F9BF) 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.