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Palm up hand: light skin tone

Palm up hand: light skin tone Emoji

People

A right-facing human hand with the palm turned upward and fingers slightly curled, rendered with a light skin tone. It captures the physical gesture of holding something out or inviting someone to approach.

Usage Context

This gesture is a universal non-verbal cue used to beckon someone closer, ask for an object to be handed over, or signal that you are offering something. It is frequently paired with the 🫱 or 🫲 emojis to demonstrate a range of hand-based communication and gestures.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of Emoji 14.0, this character was developed to fill a gap in the existing hand-gesture library, allowing users to move beyond simple pointing or waving to represent more specific, service-oriented actions found in real-world interactions.

Details

Glyph
🫴🏻
Unicode
U+1FAF4 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf4_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-open
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
beckoncatchcomehandholdknowliftmeofferpalmtellinvitationgivingreceivinggesture

Google Noto License

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

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