A single bent leg, from thigh to foot, the leg emoji covers anything leg-related — gym content, leg day, kicking, or dance moves. It also gets used as a blunt visual for 'kicking someone out' of a conversation or situation.
What 🦵 means
One single human leg held in a semi-squatting position, with the calf muscle bulging out a little. This emoji signifies football, kicking, walking, squatting, and even working out (leg day).
The kind of posture shown in the 🦵 Leg emoji would differ among various platforms. It is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If you had an intense leg day and you're flaunting those toned muscles, send the 🦵 emoji along with your pictures.
- You can also use 🦵 in casual contexts with your buddies, like "Hey yo, chill out. I was just pullin' your 🦵".
- Or, 🦵 can also be used in a funny way, like saying "STFU or I'mma 🦵 you in the face!" (kick - use it in contexts of wanting to kick someone in a casual and playful way, of course).
- 🦵 can also be brought into football conversations; either while posting something about a game on social media or while chatting with your football buddies.
- If you're plain bored and want to bring in some randomness into chats with your bestie, pop in the 🦵 emoji.
Other Names
- 🦵 Kick
- 🦵 Kicking
- 🦵 Football
- 🦵 Work Out
- 🦵 Leg Day
- 🦵 Gym
- 🦵 Walking
- 🦵 Squatting
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › body-parts
- Codepoints
U+1F9B5- Emoji version
- Emoji 11.0
- Shortcodes
:leg:- Keywords
- bent, foot, kick, knee, leg, limb
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Skin tone variations
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🦵 Leg or 🎻 Violin?