Thumbs down: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A hand making a downward-pointing gesture with a medium skin tone. The thumb is firmly pressed against the side of the fist, signaling strong disapproval, rejection, or a negative rating.
Usage Context
Widely used across social media platforms to express disagreement, denote a bad review, or signal that a user is unhappy with specific content. It serves as the direct opposite to the 👍 emoji and is frequently used to provide quick, non-verbal feedback on posts or comments.
History
The thumbs down gesture traces its roots back to ancient gladiatorial games as a signal for death or defeat. In the digital age, it became a staple of early internet forums and rating systems, officially joining the Unicode standard in 2010 before gaining skin tone modifiers in 2015.
Details
Glyph
👎🏽
Unicode
U+1F44E U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f44e_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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