The flexed biceps: dark skin tone is the internet’s universal “strong” button—part gym selfie, part pep talk, part humblebrag. You’ll see it hyping new PRs, celebrating a tough win at work or school, or dropped ironically after lifting exactly one (1) bag of groceries. It also works as a supportive hug-in-emoji form: a quick way to say “stay strong” or “I’ve got you” without a whole paragraph. In thirst-trap territory, it’s the quiet co-star to a mirror pic—subtle, confident, and a little cheeky.
On Apple/iOS, the arm is shown in a clean side profile with the elbow bent and the fist pulled toward the shoulder, giving that classic bicep pop. The dark skin tone version features rich brown shading with soft gradients and a gentle highlight along the peak of the muscle; no wristbands or extras, just a smooth, semi-3D, glossy look that’s instantly recognizable. People often stack it with fire, 100, sparkle, or clap emojis for max hype, or pair it with a check mark after conquering a to-do list. In meme-speak, it covers everything from “big flex” to “do you even lift?” to “we move,” and it plays beautifully in captions about opening stubborn jars, moving day heroics, or surviving leg day like a champ.
The Flexed Biceps emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2503 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Black Flexed Biceps |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 💪🏿 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 💪🏿 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 💪 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 💪 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f4aa, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F4AA, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128170, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xAA, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 92 AA, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 222 252, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDCAA, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddcaa, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56490, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F4AA 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F4AA, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128170, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F4AA\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x92\xaa\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDCAA\uD83C\uDFFF" |
