Leftwards pushing hand: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned human hand held palm-out, facing toward the left side of the screen. The fingers are pressed together as if bracing against an incoming force or signaling for someone to keep their distance.

Usage Context

This gesture is a universal way to tell someone to stop, wait, or back off. It is frequently used in digital chats to set boundaries, interrupt a conversation, or express a firm 'no.' Users often pair it with 🛑 to emphasize a hard stop or use it alongside ✋🏿 to denote a high-five or a physical block.

History

Added in Unicode 15.0 in 2022, this emoji expanded the collection of directional hand gestures. While earlier hand signs focused on generic greetings or single fingers, this specific orientation was added to accommodate the rise of modern mobile messaging where users needed to show interaction or resistance in a specific direction.

Details

Glyph

🫷🏿

Unicode

U+1FAF7 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf7_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF7;&#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

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