Raised back of hand: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A flat, open palm facing outward with a medium skin tone, depicting the back of a human hand. The fingers are held upright and together, mimicking the physical gesture of signaling for attention or stopping someone.
Usage Context
This gesture is widely used to signal a 'stop' motion, request a turn to speak, or represent a high-five when paired with raised hand. It is also frequently used in digital shorthand to signify 'I have a question' or 'wait a second' during group chats.
History
While human hand signals have been part of non-verbal communication for millennia, this specific emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016. It was part of an update to provide more inclusive skin tone modifiers following the widespread adoption of the Fitzpatrick scale for digital icons.
Details
Glyph
🤚🏽
Unicode
U+1F91A U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f91a_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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