Oncoming fist: light skin tone Emoji
People
A clenched human hand with a light skin tone, positioned as if ready to throw a punch or initiate a fist bump. The knuckles face forward, emphasizing the impact or physical action of the gesture.
Usage Context
This emoji serves as a versatile signifier for strength, agreement, or a casual greeting. It is widely used to represent a 'fist bump' between friends, a display of solidarity, or the act of punching to emphasize a point or express frustration. It is frequently paired with 🔥 to show excitement or 🤝 to seal a deal.
History
The basic fist gesture has been part of the Unicode standard since 2010. The skin tone variations were added in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update, which introduced the Fitzpatrick scale to allow for more diverse representation across digital messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
👊🏻
Unicode
U+1F44A U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f44a_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-closed
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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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