Leftwards pushing hand Emoji

People

A flat, open palm facing to the left with the fingers extended. The design depicts a hand held up in a vertical position as if bracing against an object or signaling for someone to halt.

Usage Context

Widely used to convey a 'stop' command, block unwanted interaction, or reject a proposal. It is frequently employed in digital conversations to enforce personal boundaries or to represent the physical act of pushing a door. It is often paired with 🛑 to emphasize a demand for silence or a cessation of activity, or with ✋ to show the opposite side of the same hand gesture.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 15.0 in 2022 to address the long-standing need for directional hand gestures. While earlier emojis like ✋ represented a generic raised hand, the addition of leftwards and rightwards variants allowed users to specify the direction of movement or blocking, reflecting how we use hand signals in real-world physical communication.

Details

Glyph

🫷

Unicode

U+1FAF7

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf7:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF7;

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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