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Middle finger: dark skin tone

Middle finger: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned hand shown with the middle finger raised and the palm facing inward. This gesture is widely recognized as a bold, confrontational sign of disrespect or defiance.

Usage Context

Used to express intense frustration, anger, or to dismiss someone entirely. It serves as the digital equivalent of a verbal insult and is often deployed during heated arguments or to signal that the sender is finished with a conversation. It is much more aggressive than the 👎 or 😠 emojis.

History

While the middle finger gesture dates back to ancient Greece, the emoji version was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2014. Its inclusion followed years of high-demand petitions from users who felt standard digital communication lacked a direct way to convey blunt hostility.

Details

Glyph
🖕🏿
Unicode
U+1F595 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f595_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-single-finger
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
fingerhandmiddle fingerdark skin tonepeoplesingleinsultrudedefianceoffensivegesture

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