Person gesturing no: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned person forming an 'X' shape with their arms held in front of their chest. The figure is positioned to clearly communicate a message of denial, refusal, or disapproval.

Usage Context

This gesture is a universal sign for 'no' or 'stop.' People use it to shut down an idea, decline an invitation, or indicate that something is against the rules. It is frequently sent alongside ❌ or 🚫 to add emphasis to a rejection.

History

Based on the standard 'no' gesture used in human-computer interaction research to represent negative acknowledgment, this emoji was added to the Unicode set to bring more expressive body language to digital chat. The dark skin tone variant was introduced in 2015 as part of the expansion of the Fitzpatrick scale, allowing users to select skin tones that better reflect their own appearance.

Details

Glyph

🙅🏿

Unicode

U+1F645 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f645_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE45;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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