Rightwards hand: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A flat, palm-open hand facing to the right with a medium skin tone. The design captures a natural, extended reach, mimicking a hand gesture used when greeting someone or signaling for a turn.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to convey a handshake, a high-five, or the act of reaching out to someone. It is a popular choice for expressing agreement or greeting, and it is often paired with the leftwards hand: medium skin tone to create a virtual handshake between two users in a chat.

History

Part of the expansion of diverse hand gestures in Unicode 14.0 released in 2021, this emoji was added to allow for more specific directional communication. It builds on the older, more generic raised hand and handshake icons by providing a distinct orientation that mimics real-life interaction.

Details

Glyph

🫱🏽

Unicode

U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf1_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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