Rightwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A flat hand depicted in a medium-dark skin tone, angled to the right as if applying force against an invisible surface. The palm is open, with the fingers held together to form a solid barrier.
Usage Context
Frequently used in digital chats to signal a request for someone to stop, pause, or back off. It acts as a non-verbal way to set boundaries, reject an unwanted offer, or represent the physical act of pushing an object. It is often paired with 🛑 to emphasize a firm refusal or a request for silence.
History
This hand gesture was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of the Emoji 15.0 update. Its inclusion was driven by a need for more nuanced, gender-neutral, and direction-specific manual signals to improve the expressiveness of instant messaging and social media communication.
Details
Glyph
🫸🏾
Unicode
U+1FAF8 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf8_1f3fe:
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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