Emojion

๐Ÿ’ช flexed biceps

Meaning

The go-to emoji for strength, fitness, and achievement. Also used to cheer people on โ€” and in English-speaking internet culture, to ironically celebrate ridiculously small wins.

Keywords: arm, beast, bench, biceps, bodybuilder, bro, curls, flex, gains, gym, jacked, muscle, press, ripped, strong, weightlift

This emoji supports skin tone variations.

How it's used around the world

  • US / English-speaking West

    Gen Z regularly uses ๐Ÿ’ช ironically to 'flex' on tiny, trivial actions as if they were epic feats โ€” a self-aware joke about hustle and gym culture.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know?

๐Ÿ’ช was approved in Unicode 6.0 (2010) and was among the first emoji to receive skin tone modifier support when they launched in 2015.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know?

Still hitting the gym?
I took the stairs to the 5th floor yesterday ๐Ÿ’ช

A classic Gen Z move: use ๐Ÿ’ช to 'flex' on something completely trivial. It's a self-deprecating joke that pokes fun at gym-bro and hustle culture.

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