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Raised hand: medium-dark skin tone

Raised hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A flat, palm-forward hand with fingers held close together, featuring a medium-dark skin tone. This gesture serves as a clear visual signal to halt or wait.

Usage Context

Used frequently to indicate 'stop,' signal a request to speak, or offer a high-five in digital conversation. It is a direct way to command attention or set a boundary in a text thread, functioning similarly to ✋ or 🖐️.

History

The base raised hand emoji dates back to early Unicode sets, but the ability to modify skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of Unicode 8.0. This update was a major milestone for inclusive digital communication, allowing users to select skin tones that better reflect human diversity.

Details

Glyph
✋🏾
Unicode
U+270B U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u270b_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
✋��

Specifications

Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-open
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
5fivehandhighraisedstoppalmhaltwaitskin tonegesture

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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