Raised hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A flat, palm-forward hand with fingers held close together, featuring a medium-dark skin tone. This gesture serves as a clear visual signal to halt or wait.

Usage Context

Used frequently to indicate 'stop,' signal a request to speak, or offer a high-five in digital conversation. It is a direct way to command attention or set a boundary in a text thread, functioning similarly to ✋ or 🖐️.

History

The base raised hand emoji dates back to early Unicode sets, but the ability to modify skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of Unicode 8.0. This update was a major milestone for inclusive digital communication, allowing users to select skin tones that better reflect human diversity.

Details

Glyph

✋🏾

Unicode

U+270B U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u270b_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

✋&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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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