Raised back of hand: light skin tone Emoji

People

A flat, open hand shown from the back, featuring a pale skin tone. The fingers are held upright and together, creating a clear surface that faces forward.

Usage Context

This gesture is widely used to signal a stop, request silence, or catch someone's attention in a crowd. It often serves as a polite way to say 'hold on a second' or 'I have a question' during a digital conversation. It is functionally similar to the ✋ raised hand or the 🖐️ hand with fingers splayed.

History

The base version of this emoji was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015. Shortly after, the skin tone modifiers were introduced via the Fitzpatrick scale, allowing users to select a version that better matches their own appearance, mirroring the diversification of human-centric icons across messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

🤚🏻

Unicode

U+1F91A U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f91a_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD1A;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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