Palm up hand: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-toned human hand with the palm facing upward, fingers slightly curled, appearing to hold something or invite someone closer. The hand is depicted in a neutral, relaxed position as if waiting to receive an object or gesture.
Usage Context
Used to represent the act of asking for something, beckoning a person to come over, or offering support. It is frequently used in digital conversation to signal a request for information or to mimic the physical gesture of catching an item. It is often used in tandem with the 🤲 or 🤝 emojis to emphasize interaction between people.
History
This emoji was added in Unicode 15.0 in 2022 as part of a push to increase the physical gestures available in the messaging library. The dark skin tone variant was made possible through the skin tone modifier system introduced years earlier to ensure better representation across global digital platforms.
Details
Glyph
🫴🏿
Unicode
U+1FAF4 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf4_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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