Rightwards pushing hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A flat, human hand facing right, rendered in a medium-light skin tone. The fingers are pressed together and the palm is open as if creating a barrier or physically shoving an object away.
Usage Context
This emoji is a go-to for signaling a hard stop, requesting personal space, or rejecting an idea. It effectively communicates a 'talk to the hand' sentiment or a literal instruction to pause. It is frequently used alongside the stop sign 🛑 or the raised hand ✋ to emphasize a firm boundary or refusal.
History
Part of the Emoji 15.0 update released in 2022, this design was added to provide more specific directional gestures. While simple hand signs have been a staple of digital communication since the early 2000s, this particular variant reflects the shift toward more granular, descriptive hand movements that mimic real-world body language.
Details
Glyph
🫸🏼
Unicode
U+1FAF8 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf8_1f3fc:
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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