Thumbs up: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned hand shown with the thumb pointing straight up, signaling approval or agreement. This variation uses the Fitzpatrick scale to provide representation for users with darker skin tones.

Usage Context

Universally understood as a gesture for 'good,' 'okay,' or 'job well done.' It is the digital equivalent of a head nod in a chat thread. It is frequently used alongside ✅ to confirm a task is complete or paired with 🤝 to signify a closed deal.

History

While the basic thumbs-up gesture dates back centuries, skin tone modifiers were introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. This update was a major push to make digital communication more inclusive by reflecting the actual diversity of the people using messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

👍🏿

Unicode

U+1F44D U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44d_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4D;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

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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