Raised back of hand Emoji

People

A flat, yellow hand shown from the back, with fingers held together and pointed upward. It captures the specific anatomy of a hand held out to signal a stop or to ask for a turn to speak.

Usage Context

This gesture is a universal visual cue for asking someone to wait or hold their thought. It is frequently used in chat to get someone's attention in a crowded thread or to represent a literal high-five when paired with 🖐. It can also signal a refusal or a 'stop' command in a digital conversation.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016, this gesture reflects the shift toward more nuanced human anatomy in digital messaging. It was designed to bridge the gap between simple emotive faces and full-body postures, drawing inspiration from physical hand signals used in classrooms and busy office environments to manage non-verbal communication.

Details

Glyph

🤚

Unicode

U+1F91A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f91a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD1A;

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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