Leftwards hand: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A flat hand depicted in a medium skin tone, facing toward the left side of the screen with fingers held together. The palm is clearly visible, suggesting an open posture or a reaching gesture.
Usage Context
Used to represent reaching out, offering a handshake, or directing attention toward the left. It is frequently employed in digital conversations to signify a 'high five' or to indicate that the user is handing something over to the recipient. It pairs well with 🫱🏽 when representing a handshake or a physical exchange.
History
This gesture was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of the expansion to include more specific directional hand signals. Its design draws from the broader movement to provide inclusive, skin-tone-modified hand signs that were previously limited to standard yellow representations in early messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
🫲🏽
Unicode
U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf2_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-open
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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