Crossed fingers: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A hand gesture featuring the index and middle fingers crossed over one another, rendered with a medium skin tone. It captures the specific physical pose used to express hope for a positive outcome or to signify a lie.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently sent to show support or well-wishes before a test, job interview, or big event. People also attach it to messages when they are keeping their fingers crossed that a risky plan works out, often pairing it with 🍀 or 🙏🏽. When used in a deceptive context, it acts as a digital way to 'cross your fingers' behind your back, suggesting that what you are saying might not be entirely true.
History
The crossed fingers gesture has deep cultural roots as a superstitious sign for good luck in Western societies, dating back to early Christian history. It was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, following the widespread adoption of hand gesture icons in messaging apps to replace complex body language descriptions.
Details
Glyph
🤞🏽
Unicode
U+1F91E U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f91e_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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