Rightwards hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A human hand facing toward the right, rendered in a medium-dark skin tone. The fingers are extended and the palm is positioned to imply movement, receiving, or gesturing toward someone or something on the right side of the screen.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent reaching out, shaking hands, or pointing a person in a specific direction. It is a popular choice for high-fives, welcoming someone into a conversation, or signaling a hand-off in collaborative tasks. It is often used in combination with 🤝 for business deals or 👋 for arrivals.
History
Part of the Unicode 14.0 release in 2021, this emoji was added to address the need for more diverse and directional hand gestures. It follows the expansion of skin tone modifiers, which were first introduced in 2015 to provide better representation across global digital communication platforms.
Details
Glyph
🫱🏾
Unicode
U+1FAF1 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf1_1f3fe:
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
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
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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