Right-facing fist: light skin tone Emoji

People

A side-profile view of a human fist facing to the right, rendered with a light skin tone. It portrays the hand position used for a punch or a high-five gesture.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent a fist bump or a solid 'pound it' between friends. It also serves as a stand-in for boxing, punching, or emphasizing a point in a heated argument. It is frequently paired with the 🤜 base emoji or the receiving side of the gesture, 🤛🏻.

History

While the basic fist was added in early Unicode sets, the ability to modify skin tones arrived in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. This update was a direct response to the demand for better representation in digital communication, allowing users to reflect their own physical appearance in gestures that were previously default-yellow.

Details

Glyph

🤜🏻

Unicode

U+1F91C U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f91c_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD1C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-closed

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

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