Crossed fingers: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark skin-toned hand with the middle finger crossing over the index finger. This gesture features the thumb tucked slightly underneath, mimicking the physical posture used to hope for good fortune.
Usage Context
This is the go-to sign for wishing someone good luck or hoping for a favorable outcome in a dicey situation. It is also used to signal that you are crossing your fingers behind your back, which is a classic way to indicate that a promise or statement is insincere or a lie. It is often used alongside 🍀 or ✨ when someone is asking for a positive result.
History
Crossed fingers have been a Western gesture for luck since the early Christian era. The specific emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016, following the release of the base crossed fingers icon in Unicode 9.0. The skin tone variations were introduced to reflect a broader range of human diversity in digital communication.
Details
Glyph
🤞🏿
Unicode
U+1F91E U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f91e_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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