Raised hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A flat, palm-forward hand with fingers held close together, featuring a medium-dark skin tone. This gesture serves as a clear visual signal to halt or wait.

Usage Context

Used frequently to indicate 'stop,' signal a request to speak, or offer a high-five in digital conversation. It is a direct way to command attention or set a boundary in a text thread, functioning similarly to ✋ or 🖐️.

History

The base raised hand emoji dates back to early Unicode sets, but the ability to modify skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of Unicode 8.0. This update was a major milestone for inclusive digital communication, allowing users to select skin tones that better reflect human diversity.

Details

Glyph

✋🏾

Unicode

U+270B U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u270b_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

✋&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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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