leg Emoji
🦵 · U+1F9B5 · Emoji 11.0
What does the leg emoji mean?
When describing a part of the human body or referencing a physical activity, people reach for the 🦵 emoji, which represents a leg, and can be used literally to refer to the lower limb or figuratively to describe strength, stability, or a strong foundation. It is also used to convey the idea of kicking or movement, and in some contexts, it can be used to represent a sports-related injury, particularly those affecting the knee or leg. In slang, it can be used to describe something that is cool or impressive, with the phrase "on a leg up" meaning having an advantage.
leg in every skin tone
This emoji takes a Fitzpatrick modifier. Click any tone to copy it.
leg emoji examples
- just kicked my leg on the bed frame 🦵
- i pulled a muscle in my leg during soccer practice 🦵
How to copy the leg emoji
To use the leg emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F9B5), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
leg emoji on different platforms
How the leg emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
leg Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🦵 |
| Name | leg |
| Category | People & Body |
| Codepoints | U+1F9B5 |
| Shortcode | :leg: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 11.0 (2018) |
leg Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F9B5, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :leg:.
People also search for the leg emoji as bent, foot, kick, knee, limb.