Meaning
This emoji shows a woman in a strong, focused weightlifting position—gripping a barbell with both hands, arms bent and engaged, body tensed for the lift. She's depicted in athletic gear, muscles visibly engaged, exuding control and power. The barbell is rendered prominently, often in metallic tones, emphasizing the weight and intensity of the movement. The overall image communicates determination and physical strength.
Fitness-focused women use this to talk about their gym sessions, strength goals, and lifting achievements. It's popular in women's fitness communities, women's weight-training groups, and motivational fitness posts. People send it when planning a workout, celebrating a personal record, or just representing their commitment to strength training.
It also symbolizes female power, self-determination, and breaking stereotypes about women and weightlifting. The emoji carries cultural weight as a representation of women reclaiming strength and athleticism in spaces traditionally dominated by men. It's meaningful in conversations about body positivity, fitness inclusivity, and women's empowerment.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 4 in 2016, this emoji brought explicit female representation to strength sports. It allows women lifters to see themselves reflected in emoji culture, making fitness conversations more inclusive and representative.
Common Uses
- • Sharing your weightlifting routine or goals
- • Celebrating strength gains and PRs
- • Representing female power and athleticism
- • Motivating yourself and other women in fitness
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Women lifters have embraced this emoji as a symbol of reclaiming strength sports; it's particularly popular on platforms like TikTok and Instagram where women's weightlifting content has exploded in recent years.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:weight_lifting_woman: :woman-lifting-weights: :weight_lifting_woman: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🏋️‍♀️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🏋️‍♀️ |
| CSS | \1F3CB\FE0F\200D\2640\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDFCB\uFE0F\u200D\u2640\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F3CB\U0000FE0F\U0000200D\U00002640\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83C\uDFCB\uFE0F\u200D\u2640\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F3CB}\x{FE0F}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F3CB}\x{FE0F}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2qq3-1e6n-6bx-7k0-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%8F%8B%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x8B 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x80 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🏋️♀️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | মেয়েদের ওয়েইটলিফটিং |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 女生举重 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 女生舉重 |
| Danish | kvindelig vægtløfter |
| Dutch | vrouwelijke gewichtheffer |
| English | woman lifting weights |
| English (UK) | woman lifting weights |
| Estonian | naisjõutõstja |
| Finnish | painonnostajanainen |
| French | femme haltérophile |
| German | Gewichtheberin |
| Hindi | भार उठाती हुई महिला |
| Hungarian | súlyemelő nő |
| Italian | donna che solleva pesi |
| Japanese | 重量挙げをする女 |
| Korean | 여자 역도 선수 |
| Lithuanian | svorius kelianti moteris |
| Malay | wanita mengangkat berat |
| Norwegian | kvinnelig vektløfter |
| Polish | kobieta podnosząca ciężary |
| Portuguese | mulher levantando peso |
| Russian | женщина со штангой |
| Spanish | mujer levantando pesas |
| Spanish (Mexico) | mujer levantando pesas |
| Swedish | kvinna som lyfter tyngder |
| Thai | ผู้หญิงยกน้ำหนัก |
| Ukrainian | штангістка |
| Vietnamese | người phụ nữ cử tạ |