Left-facing fist Emoji

People

A cartoonish, yellow-toned human fist oriented toward the left. The knuckles are positioned to suggest a physical contact point or an aggressive jab.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent a fist bump, a common informal greeting or gesture of solidarity. It also works as a visual punch in digital arguments or to indicate physical force when paired with emojis like 💥. It is a staple in sports banter and casual sign-offs.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon was developed to address the growing need for dynamic gesture-based communication, filling the gap left by static hand symbols like the 👍 or ✊.

Details

Glyph

🤛

Unicode

U+1F91B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f91b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD1B;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-closed

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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