Leftwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A flat, palm-forward hand oriented to the left, rendered with a medium-dark skin tone. The hand is shown in a rigid, vertical position, suggesting a physical barrier or a firm motion of pushing away.

Usage Context

This emoji serves as a universal signal to stop, halt, or refuse an interaction. It is frequently used in digital chats to indicate that someone should hold on, back off, or wait a moment. It is often used in conjunction with the 🛑 sign or the ✋ raised hand to emphasize a boundary or a pause in conversation.

History

The leftwards pushing hand was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of Emoji 15.0. Its introduction addressed the growing need for specific directional hand gestures that could convey physical interaction, moving beyond the static, palm-up gestures found in early emoji sets.

Details

Glyph

🫷🏾

Unicode

U+1FAF7 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf7_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF7;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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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