Person gesturing no: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A person holding their arms crossed in front of their chest to form an 'X' shape, shown with a medium-light skin tone. This physical stance is a universal way to indicate disagreement, refusal, or that something is not allowed.

Usage Context

Use this to reject an idea, tell someone 'no,' or signal that you are not interested in a topic. It is the go-to way to express a hard 'stop' in a text conversation. It pairs well with the 🚫 sign or the 👎 thumbs down to emphasize a total rejection of an offer or request.

History

This gesture was popularized as a way to bridge the gap between spoken language and visual cues in early chat rooms and instant messaging platforms. It was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to provide a graphical shorthand for the 'no' sign often seen in physical security and dance culture.

Details

Glyph

🙅🏼

Unicode

U+1F645 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f645_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE45;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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

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