Rightwards pushing hand: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A flat, palm-forward human hand reaching toward the right, rendered in a medium skin tone. It shows the hand held vertically, as if bracing against an incoming force or signaling someone to stay back.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to for telling someone to stop, wait, or back off. It works as a non-verbal command in chat, signaling that you need a moment or that a boundary is being set. It is frequently used alongside the stop sign 🛑 or the raised back of hand ✋🏽 to emphasize a firm refusal or a request for space.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of Emoji 15.0, this set of directional hands was developed to fill a gap in digital sign language and gesture-based communication, allowing users to specify the directionality of hand movements for the first time.
Details
Glyph
🫸🏽
Unicode
U+1FAF8 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf8_1f3fd:
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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