The leg emoji is the internet’s built-in lower-body flex: a single bare limb bent at the knee, ready to stride, sprint, or dramatically exit stage left. On Apple/iOS, it’s a right-facing leg with clean shading, a defined kneecap, and a simple foot (no detailed toes), looking like it just stepped out of a fitness ad—no sock, no shoe, just vibes. It’s instantly recognizable as a mid-thigh-to-ankle snapshot that screams motion, muscle, and maybe a humblebrag calf pump. Think: the emoji equivalent of rolling up your joggers to say, “I’ve got quads and a destination.”
People drop it for gym talk (“leg day, pray for me”), post-run glory, or the universal “I’m out” message when you’re leaving a chat faster than you can lace a sneaker. It doubles as a kick cue for sports hype, a flirty nod to “showing a little leg,” or an SOS for midnight calf cramps. Pair it with doors, sneakers, or sweat droplets for full-story storytelling, or use it solo as the ultimate quick-step reaction. It also pops up in shave-day selfies and summer-tan reveals where the leg is practically a main character.
Culturally, expect puns and memes: “break a leg” for good luck, “skip leg day” as a self-roast, and “do the Stanky Leg” for throwback dance energy. TikTok’s “hot girl walk” gets the 🦵 co-sign, while captions like “legs for days” wink at fashion and thirst-trap culture. Sarcastically, it’s perfect for a swift digital Irish goodbye—one leg and you’ve vanished like a Marvel portal.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 825 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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 |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 12 - 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) | 1f9b5 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9B5 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129461 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB5 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 B5 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 265 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDB5 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddb5 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56757 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9B5 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9B5 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129461 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9B5" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\xb5" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDB5" |
