Man gesturing no: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium-light skin tone forming an 'X' shape with his forearms in front of his chest. His hands are open and facing outward, clearly indicating a refusal or a denial.
Usage Context
This gesture is the universal sign for 'no' or 'stop.' People use it in chat to decline an invitation, signal that something is prohibited, or express strong disagreement with a previous message. It functions much like a digital 'X' mark, effectively shutting down a topic or warning someone off, similar to the 🚫 or 🙅 emojis.
History
The gesture originates from non-verbal communication customs where crossing arms is a clear physical barrier. The emoji was added to the standard set in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, specifically to bring gendered and skin-toned variations to basic bodily expressions that were already common in early messenger sticker packs.
Details
Glyph
🙅🏼♂
Unicode
U+1F645 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f645_1f3fc_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
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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