Raised fist: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned human hand held in a closed fist, oriented vertically. This gesture displays the strength of the knuckles and is often used to signal defiance, support, or a show of collective power.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to show solidarity with social movements, represent resistance against injustice, or serve as a salute to strength and perseverance. It is often paired with the raised fist: medium-dark skin tone or the raised fist to form a unified front in digital advocacy.

History

The basic raised fist emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. In 2015, the Emoji Diversity update introduced skin tone modifiers, allowing this specific gesture to better represent the global diversity of the activists and communities that have historically used the fist as a primary sign of protest and strength.

Details

Glyph

✊🏿

Unicode

U+270A U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u270a_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

✊&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-closed

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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