Raised back of hand: light skin tone Emoji
People
A flat, open hand shown from the back, featuring a pale skin tone. The fingers are held upright and together, creating a clear surface that faces forward.
Usage Context
This gesture is widely used to signal a stop, request silence, or catch someone's attention in a crowd. It often serves as a polite way to say 'hold on a second' or 'I have a question' during a digital conversation. It is functionally similar to the ✋ raised hand or the 🖐️ hand with fingers splayed.
History
The base version of this emoji was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015. Shortly after, the skin tone modifiers were introduced via the Fitzpatrick scale, allowing users to select a version that better matches their own appearance, mirroring the diversification of human-centric icons across messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
🤚🏻
Unicode
U+1F91A U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f91a_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
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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