Palm down hand Emoji
People
A human hand held with the palm facing directly downward. The fingers are slightly curled, giving the appearance of dropping an object or signaling for someone to lower their volume or activity level.
Usage Context
This gesture is frequently used to represent dropping something, letting go of a topic, or signaling for someone to 'stop' or 'calm down.' It is often used in digital conversations alongside ✋ to emphasize a gesture of rejection or dismissal.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of a series of hand gestures designed to bridge the gap between physical body language and digital text. It fills a specific functional void where users needed to show an action of releasing an item or commanding a halt without using words.
Details
Glyph
🫳
Unicode
U+1FAF3
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf3:
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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