Raised hand: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-toned human hand held upright with fingers pressed together and palm facing outward. The posture mimics a gesture used to signal a halt or to grab someone's attention.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to tell someone to stop, wait, or pause a conversation. It is also a digital way to signal that you have a question or need to volunteer for something, similar to raising your hand in a classroom. It is often paired with 🛑 to emphasize a demand for cessation or used alongside 👋🏿 to signal a high-five.
History
The base hand emoji was part of the original Unicode sets, but the ability to modify the skin tone was added in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update. This change was implemented to better reflect the diverse range of human skin tones within global digital communication.
Details
Glyph
✋🏿
Unicode
U+270B U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u270b_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
✋��
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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