Oncoming fist: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A clenched fist facing forward with a medium-light skin tone. The hand is positioned as if ready to throw a punch or offer a knuckles-up greeting to another person.

Usage Context

Used to convey a fist bump, a sign of respect, or a celebratory gesture between friends. It can also imply aggression, determination, or the act of hitting something. It is frequently sent alongside 💪 to show strength or 💥 to emphasize a high-impact moment.

History

Fist-related gestures have long existed in digital communication as text-based emoticons like '(.)' or '<-o'. This specific graphic was added to the Unicode standard to represent the physical action of a 'fist bump,' a gesture popularized in Western sports and urban subcultures as a casual alternative to a handshake.

Details

Glyph

👊🏼

Unicode

U+1F44A U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44a_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4A;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-closed

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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