Hand with fingers splayed: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned human hand held upright with all five fingers spread wide apart, showing the palm facing forward. This gesture clearly displays a full, open palm.

Usage Context

Used to signal someone to stop, halt, or wait. It also serves as a direct way to say the number five, represent a high-five, or indicate that you are waving hello or goodbye. It is frequently paired with ✋ to emphasize a boundary or with 👋 for casual greetings.

History

Hand signs have been a staple of digital communication since the early days of character-based icons. The introduction of skin tone modifiers in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 allowed for greater representation, ensuring that these classic hand gestures could better reflect the diversity of real-world users.

Details

Glyph

🖐🏿

Unicode

U+1F590 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f590_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD90;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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