Hand with fingers splayed: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned human hand held upright with all five fingers spread wide apart, showing the palm facing forward. This gesture clearly displays a full, open palm.

Usage Context

Used to signal someone to stop, halt, or wait. It also serves as a direct way to say the number five, represent a high-five, or indicate that you are waving hello or goodbye. It is frequently paired with ✋ to emphasize a boundary or with 👋 for casual greetings.

History

Hand signs have been a staple of digital communication since the early days of character-based icons. The introduction of skin tone modifiers in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 allowed for greater representation, ensuring that these classic hand gestures could better reflect the diversity of real-world users.

Details

Glyph

🖐🏿

Unicode

U+1F590 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f590_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD90;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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