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Rightwards pushing hand

Rightwards pushing hand Emoji

People

A flat, palm-forward human hand facing toward the right. It depicts the physical act of pushing against an object or signaling someone to halt.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent the act of pushing, blocking, or telling someone to stop. It frequently appears in online arguments or boundary-setting conversations. It is often paired with the ✋ raised hand or the 🛑 stop sign to emphasize a firm 'no' or to maintain personal space.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of Emoji 15.0. It was created to provide a more specific directional action compared to the generic open hand emojis that had been part of the set since the early days of mobile messaging.

Details

Glyph
🫸
Unicode
U+1FAF8
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf8:
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
Tags
rightwards pushing handhighfivepressingstoprightwardspushinghandpeoplefingersopenpalmhaltbarrierpush

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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