Palm down hand: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A human hand shown with the palm facing directly downward, rendered in a medium skin tone. The fingers are slightly curved as if releasing an object or gesturing for someone to stay low.

Usage Context

This hand sign is frequently used to signal that someone should stop talking, calm down, or wait. It also serves as a visual shorthand for dropping something, finishing a task, or physically handing an item over to someone else. It is often paired with 🖐️ to emphasize a forceful stop or ✋ to denote authority.

History

Part of the Unicode 15.0 update in 2022, this emoji was added to fill a gap in gesture-based communication. It draws from long-standing non-verbal cues used in global cultures to denote dismissive actions or downward motions, translating physical body language into digital message threads.

Details

Glyph

🫳🏽

Unicode

U+1FAF3 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf3_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF3;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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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