Leftwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A flat, palm-forward hand oriented to the left, rendered with a medium-dark skin tone. The hand is shown in a rigid, vertical position, suggesting a physical barrier or a firm motion of pushing away.
Usage Context
This emoji serves as a universal signal to stop, halt, or refuse an interaction. It is frequently used in digital chats to indicate that someone should hold on, back off, or wait a moment. It is often used in conjunction with the š sign or the ā raised hand to emphasize a boundary or a pause in conversation.
History
The leftwards pushing hand was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of Emoji 15.0. Its introduction addressed the growing need for specific directional hand gestures that could convey physical interaction, moving beyond the static, palm-up gestures found in early emoji sets.
Details
Glyph
š«·š¾
Unicode
U+1FAF7 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf7_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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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
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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