Woman gesturing no: light skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with light skin making an 'X' shape with her arms held in front of her chest. Her expression and posture signal a clear refusal, rejection, or a firm boundary.

Usage Context

This gesture is the universal shorthand for saying 'no,' 'stop,' or 'that’s not allowed.' It is frequently used in chat conversations to shut down an idea, decline an invitation, or indicate that a specific topic is off-limits. It serves as a visual counterpart to 🙅‍♂️ and pairs well with the 🚫 prohibited sign for emphasis.

History

The base gesture was introduced in the early days of graphical communication to translate non-verbal body language into text-based platforms. The specific gendered and skin-toned variations were added in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, following a major effort to increase human diversity in the emoji set, allowing users to better represent their own likeness in digital expressions.

Details

Glyph

🙅🏻‍♀

Unicode

U+1F645 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f645_1f3fb_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE45;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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