Pinching hand: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned hand with the thumb and index finger held close together, leaving only a tiny gap between them. The gesture mimics the physical action of measuring or indicating a microscopic size.
Usage Context
Used to suggest that something is very small, a tiny amount, or to imply a 'little bit' of something. It is a popular way to sarcastically mock the size of a specific object or to emphasize that one has zero patience left for a situation. It is often used alongside 👌 when discussing precision or 🤏 to highlight different skin tone variations.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019. It was part of a major push to expand hand gesture support, drawing inspiration from universal non-verbal communication used in human interaction to signify small quantities without needing words.
Details
Glyph
🤏🏿
Unicode
U+1F90F U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f90f_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
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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