Pinched fingers: light skin tone Emoji
People
A hand gesture with all fingers and thumb brought together in a vertical point, rendered in a light skin tone. It depicts the classic Italian hand sign where the fingers are bunched to express frustration, questioning, or intense emphasis.
Usage Context
This gesture is a universal shorthand for asking 'what do you want?' or 'what are you doing?' It is frequently used in digital arguments to express exasperation, sarcasm, or disbelief. It often accompanies messages regarding food quality or when questioning someone's logic, pairing naturally with emojis like 🙄 or 😒.
History
While this gesture has been used in Mediterranean cultures for centuries to emphasize points during conversation, it was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2020. Its inclusion followed years of internet discourse and requests from users who wanted a visual way to represent the 'chef's kiss' compliment or the classic Italian hand-talking stereotype.
Details
Glyph
🤌🏻
Unicode
U+1F90C U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f90c_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
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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