This emoji is pure “gainz” energy: a strong, focused lifter hoisting a barbell overhead, now with the dark skin tone modifier for personal flair and representation. It’s the go-to when you’ve crushed a PR, survived leg day, or want to broadcast beast mode without typing a single rep count. People also drop it when they’re “carrying the team,” doing heavy adulting, or ironically bragging about lifting… groceries and emotional baggage alike. Expect it in gym selfies, fitness challenges, and those 6 a.m. “we move” texts that feel like a pre-workout shot.
Culturally, it nods to powerlifting, CrossFit, and Olympic lifts (clean and jerk, snatch), plus the eternal meme question: “do you even lift, bro?” It can be playful or flirty—think “let me pick you up” energy—or used dramatically when life stacks on plates and you’re still pushing through. In group chats, it lands as a hype reaction, a humblebrag, or a wink that says the grind never stops.
On Apple/iOS, the figure faces forward with arms locked overhead, gripping a silver bar loaded with chunky black plates; the pose screams overhead press at full extension. The character wears a bright, saturated athletic singlet and shorts with soft gradients, sneakers planted, and a neutral, determined expression—classic Apple 3D shading and clean lines. The dark skin tone modifier makes the lifter’s complexion deep and rich, keeping the same strong silhouette and gym-core vibe that users instantly recognize.
The Weight Lifter emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 4033 of 2393 |
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| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
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| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Black Weight Lifter Man Lifting Weights: Dark Skin Tone person lifting weights: dark skin tone man lifting weights: dark skin tone |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - Current |
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| 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) | 1f3cb, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F3CB, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127947, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x8B, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8F 8B, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 217 213, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDFCB, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdfcb, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57291, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F3CB 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F3CB, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127947, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F3CB\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8f\x8b\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDFCB\uD83C\uDFFF" |
