Rightwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A flat hand depicted in a medium-dark skin tone, angled to the right as if applying force against an invisible surface. The palm is open, with the fingers held together to form a solid barrier.

Usage Context

Frequently used in digital chats to signal a request for someone to stop, pause, or back off. It acts as a non-verbal way to set boundaries, reject an unwanted offer, or represent the physical act of pushing an object. It is often paired with 🛑 to emphasize a firm refusal or a request for silence.

History

This hand gesture was added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of the Emoji 15.0 update. Its inclusion was driven by a need for more nuanced, gender-neutral, and direction-specific manual signals to improve the expressiveness of instant messaging and social media communication.

Details

Glyph

🫸🏾

Unicode

U+1FAF8 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf8_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF8;&#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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