Raised fist: light skin tone Emoji

People

A representation of a raised human fist with a light skin tone. The hand is held vertically, knuckles facing forward, mimicking the classic gesture of strength and defiance.

Usage Context

This gesture is a universal sign of protest, civil rights advocacy, and standing in solidarity with a cause. It is frequently used in social media activism to show support or to emphasize a point of resistance. It is often grouped with other variations like ✊🏼 or ✊🏿 to represent a diverse collective front.

History

The raised fist has been a globally recognized icon of labor movements and political struggle for over a century. While the base emoji was added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the modifier system allowing for skin tone selection was introduced in 2015 to better represent the diverse groups of people participating in real-world activism.

Details

Glyph

✊🏻

Unicode

U+270A U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u270a_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

✊&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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