Person gesturing no: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with light skin tone forming an 'X' shape with their arms in front of their chest. The pose is a clear, physical signal intended to block, reject, or indicate that something is not allowed.

Usage Context

Used to express disagreement, decline an offer, or signal that an action is prohibited. It is the go-to reaction when someone wants to shut down a conversation or voice a firm 'no' without typing a full sentence. It is frequently paired with 🚫 or ❌ to add extra emphasis to the refusal.

History

This gesture draws from the universal non-verbal language of crossing one's arms to indicate a negative response. It was added to the Unicode standard to provide a graphical way to express rejection, mirroring the body language often seen in human interaction.

Details

Glyph

🙅🏻

Unicode

U+1F645 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f645_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE45;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

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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