Right-facing fist: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A clenched fist facing to the right, rendered in a medium skin tone. It shows a tight grip with the knuckles positioned forward, representing a physical strike or a gesture of solidarity.
Usage Context
Frequently used to represent a fist bump or the act of hitting something. It is often combined with 🤛🏽 to show a successful fist bump greeting between friends or colleagues. It can also stand in for themes of strength, aggression, or celebration.
History
Fist emojis were standardized in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, with skin tone modifiers arriving in 2015 via the Unicode 8.0 update. This was part of a major industry effort to bring greater human representation to mobile messaging platforms, moving beyond the standard yellow cartoon colors that dominated early text-based chat applications.
Details
Glyph
🤜🏽
Unicode
U+1F91C U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f91c_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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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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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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