Palm up hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A hand with a medium-light skin tone extended with the palm facing upward, fingers slightly curved. It depicts the physical motion of inviting someone closer, catching an object, or presenting an item for someone to take.
Usage Context
This gesture is frequently used to signal a request, such as asking for money, feedback, or a favor. It serves as a visual bridge for phrases like 'come here' or 'show me,' acting as a polite prompt in digital conversations. It is often used alongside 🤲 to imply openness or receiving, or 👉 to direct focus.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, this gesture reflects the broader effort to incorporate more nuanced, natural human body language into digital communication, moving beyond static hand signs to include specific interactive motions.
Details
Glyph
🫴🏼
Unicode
U+1FAF4 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf4_1f3fc:
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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