Person gesturing no: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with medium-dark skin holding their arms crossed in front of their chest to form an 'X' shape. The figure is typically depicted with a flat expression to emphasize the act of refusal.
Usage Context
This gesture is a universal way to signal a 'no,' rejection, or a hard stop. It is frequently used in digital chats to shut down a conversation, deny a request, or indicate that something is against the rules. It serves as a more active, body-language-focused alternative to the 🚫 sign or the 👎 emoji.
History
Based on common physical gestures used to signal disapproval, this emoji became part of the Unicode set in 2010. The skin tone variations were added later in 2015 to allow for better representation across the diverse global user base found on modern mobile messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
🙅🏾
Unicode
U+1F645 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f645_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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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
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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