Leftwards hand: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned hand positioned with the palm facing left and fingers pointing outward. The hand is angled as if it is reaching out to touch something, waiting for a high-five, or attempting to grasp an object.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to suggest a handshake, a high-five, or the act of reaching toward another person. Users often pair it with 🫱🏿 to simulate a handshake or with objects like 🍎 to show someone grabbing or holding an item. It is also used to indicate a direction or to signal someone to 'stop' or 'hold on.'
History
This hand gesture was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of Emoji 14.0. It was created to provide more diverse and specific manual gestures, moving beyond the standard flat palm emojis to allow for more directional communication in digital chats.
Details
Glyph
🫲🏿
Unicode
U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf2_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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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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