Raised hand Emoji
People
A flat, open palm facing forward with fingers held upright and together. It mimics the natural human gesture of holding one's hand up to signal for attention or to indicate a barrier.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to signal a desire to speak, to ask someone to stop or wait, or to represent the number five. It is frequently sent to reject an idea or to initiate a high-five gesture when used alongside 🙌.
History
Part of the original set of pictographs included in early Japanese mobile phone sets, this icon became a standard part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. It draws from universal non-verbal communication, specifically the 'stop' hand signal recognized in traffic control and classroom settings for decades.
Details
Glyph
✋
Unicode
U+270B
Shortcode
:emoji_u270b:
HTML Entity
✋
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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