Raised fist: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned hand shown in a tight, vertical fist, featuring a medium-dark skin tone. It represents a closed hand held high, conveying strength, defiance, or a salute.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to express support for social justice movements, solidarity, or resilience in the face of adversity. It is often paired with 💪🏾 to emphasize physical or mental toughness during protests or community organizing.

History

The raised fist has been a global political icon for decades, originating as a sign of unity for labor unions and civil rights groups. The skin-tone variations were added in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to allow users to better represent their identity when using the gesture.

Details

Glyph

✊🏾

Unicode

U+270A U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u270a_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

✊&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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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