Flexed biceps is the internet’s shortcut for strength, grit, and a little “watch me work” swagger. You’ll see it after crushing a workout, hyping a friend before an exam, or bragging about hauling all the groceries in one trip like a suburban demigod. It doubles as a supportive hug with muscle—“you got this,” “stay strong,” “proud of you”—and sometimes a flirty nod under a gym selfie. Sarcastically, it’s the perfect punchline for tiny victories: opened the pickle jar, lifted a cat, survived leg day… barely.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a glossy, side-profile arm bent at the elbow, fist angled upward, with smooth gradients in a golden-yellow default and crisp muscle definition along the biceps and forearm. The shading hints at the deltoid ridge and wrist crease, giving it that slightly 3D, poster-ready look; skin tone modifiers swap the color without losing the flex. Culturally it channels everything from Popeye and Rocky training montages to “do you even lift?” meme energy and the classic internet “flex on ’em.” It pops up in solidarity posts, team-celebration threads, post-vaccine selfies, and any text where perseverance deserves a tiny digital bicep curl.
Definition
A man's arm showing off or flexing a bicep. Strong arm of the law. Could also be roll up a sleeve or showing how strong you are. iEmoji old name: Flexed Bicep, Strong.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
61 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:muscle:
Keywords
Strong, Muscle, Bicep
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Comic Style Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Comic Style Symbols
Names & Annotations
FLEXED BICEPS = strong, muscled
Symbol Information
U+1F4AA proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B5E
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[力こぶ]
KDDI
#271 力こぶ 「力kobu」 U+E4E9 SJIS-F6C2 JIS-7644
Softbank
#62 #old166 力こぶ 「力kobu」 U+E14C SJIS-F78D
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e14c
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E14C
Decimal Code Point(s)
57676
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x85 0x8C
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 85 8C
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 205 214
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE14C
UTF-16 Hex
e14c
UTF-16 Dec
57676
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E14C
UTF-32 Hex
E14C
UTF-32 Dec
57676
Python Src
u"\uE14C"
PHP Src
"\xee\x85\x8c"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE14C"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
💪
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
💪
Decimal HTML Entity
💪
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
💪
Hex Code Point(s)
1f4aa
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4AA
Decimal Code Point(s)
128170
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xAA
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 92 AA
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 222 252
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCAA
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcaa
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56490
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4AA
UTF-32 Hex
01F4AA
UTF-32 Dec
128170
Python Src
u"\U0001F4AA"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x92\xaa"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCAA"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
