Raised fist: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-toned hand shown in a tight, vertical fist, featuring a medium-dark skin tone. It represents a closed hand held high, conveying strength, defiance, or a salute.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to express support for social justice movements, solidarity, or resilience in the face of adversity. It is often paired with 💪🏾 to emphasize physical or mental toughness during protests or community organizing.
History
The raised fist has been a global political icon for decades, originating as a sign of unity for labor unions and civil rights groups. The skin-tone variations were added in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to allow users to better represent their identity when using the gesture.
Details
Glyph
✊🏾
Unicode
U+270A U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u270a_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
✊��
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-closed
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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