Mechanical leg emoji 🦿
Emoji 12.0 (2019) · U+1F9BF
What 🦿 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Mechanical leg 🦿 is tagged with these keywords: accessibility, leg, mechanical, prosthetic.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing accessibility or leg in the emoji search brings up 🦿.
Mechanical leg 🦿 is one of 18 emoji in the body parts subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to 🦵 🦶 👂 🦻.
Will 🦿 show on my friend's phone?
🦿 was added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
How to type 🦿
Any emoji picker finds 🦿 when you search for mechanical leg.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type mechanical leg.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type mechanical leg in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type mechanical leg.
Codes for developers
Mechanical leg 🦿 is a single code point, U+1F9BF. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9BF | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦿 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦿 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9BF"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9BF} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%BF | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 BF |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🦿 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | mechanical leg |
| Português | perna mecânica |
| Español | pierna mecánica |
| Italiano | protesi robotica per la gamba |
| Français | jambe mécanique |
| Deutsch | Beinprothese |
| Türkçe | mekanik bacak |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tungkai robot |
| Polski | proteza nogi |
| Русский | механическая нога |
| 日本語 | 義足 |
| 한국어 | 인공 다리 |
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All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the mechanical leg emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦿 "mechanical leg" and links it with accessibility, leg, mechanical, prosthetic. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the body parts subgroup of people & body.
When was the mechanical leg emoji added?
In Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
How do I type the mechanical leg emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🦿 when you search for mechanical leg.