Palm down hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A hand positioned with the palm facing toward the ground, rendered in a medium-light skin tone. The fingers are slightly curled as if releasing an object, reaching for something on a surface, or waving someone away.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent the physical act of dropping an object, shooing away a pest, or asking someone to 'hold on' or wait. It serves as a visual shorthand for clearing a space or dismissing a topic during a conversation. It is often used alongside the 👋 for a more casual wave or the 🤏 when describing picking up something small.
History
This character was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of the Emoji 15.0 update. It was introduced to bridge the gap in human expression, specifically to capture gestures that involve downward-facing palm motions which were previously difficult to express with existing hand emojis.
Details
Glyph
🫳🏼
Unicode
U+1FAF3 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf3_1f3fc:
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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