Woman gesturing no: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with medium skin tone forming an 'X' shape with her arms in front of her chest. Her palms face outward, clearly signaling a firm refusal or a negative response to a question or suggestion.

Usage Context

This gesture is the standard way to say 'no,' 'stop,' or 'that's not allowed' without typing a word. It is frequently used in chat to shut down bad ideas, decline invitations, or express strong disagreement. It often pairs with the 🚫 or 🙅‍♂️ emojis to emphasize the point.

History

Based on the universal hand signal for 'no,' this emoji was added to the Unicode standard as part of the push to represent diverse human expressions and gestures. It draws from long-standing non-verbal communication habits used in face-to-face interactions that were eventually translated into digital shorthand.

Details

Glyph

🙅🏽‍♀

Unicode

U+1F645 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f645_1f3fd_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE45;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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