Middle finger: light skin tone Emoji

People

A raised hand with the middle finger extended, rendered with a light skin tone. It features a bold, aggressive posture designed to clearly convey a defiant or offensive gesture.

Usage Context

Widely used to express strong disapproval, anger, or to tell someone off in a digital argument. It serves as an blunt, non-verbal way to flip the bird, acting as the internet equivalent of a rude manual signal. It is often used in frustration alongside 😠 or 🖕 variants.

History

The middle finger emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2014, following years of pressure from users who wanted a way to express insults and defiance. Its inclusion sparked minor controversy, as it brought a historically profane physical gesture directly into mainstream digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🖕🏻

Unicode

U+1F595 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f595_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD95;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-single-finger

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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