Palm up hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand with a medium-light skin tone extended with the palm facing upward, fingers slightly curved. It depicts the physical motion of inviting someone closer, catching an object, or presenting an item for someone to take.

Usage Context

This gesture is frequently used to signal a request, such as asking for money, feedback, or a favor. It serves as a visual bridge for phrases like 'come here' or 'show me,' acting as a polite prompt in digital conversations. It is often used alongside 🤲 to imply openness or receiving, or 👉 to direct focus.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, this gesture reflects the broader effort to incorporate more nuanced, natural human body language into digital communication, moving beyond static hand signs to include specific interactive motions.

Details

Glyph

🫴🏼

Unicode

U+1FAF4 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf4_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF4;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

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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