Leftwards hand Emoji

People

A flat, open hand oriented toward the left, showing the palm clearly. It represents a reaching gesture, a hand being held out to receive something, or simply an directional indicator.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to signal an offer, a request for an item, or to point toward text or other content positioned to the left of the message. It is often paired with 🫱 to represent the act of passing or sharing objects, or with 🤝 to highlight the collaborative nature of a transaction.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, this icon was developed to fill a gap in gesture-based communication where users needed a specific way to represent receiving or handing off items in digital conversations, moving beyond the static limitations of the traditional open hand sign.

Details

Glyph

🫲

Unicode

U+1FAF2

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf2:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF2;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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