Woman gesturing no: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with medium-dark skin raising both arms above her head to form an 'X' shape with her forearms. Her expression is firm, clearly communicating a refusal or the rejection of an idea.

Usage Context

This gesture is a universal non-verbal signal for 'no,' 'stop,' or 'that’s not allowed.' It is frequently used in digital chats to shut down a conversation, express disagreement, or playfully decline an invitation. It serves as a more expressive version of the ❌ sign or the 🚫 prohibited emoji.

History

The gesture originates from common hand signals used in both human conversation and stage performance to create a clear barrier. It was integrated into the emoji standard in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0 to allow for more diverse representation of non-verbal communication across digital messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

🙅🏾‍♀

Unicode

U+1F645 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f645_1f3fe_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE45;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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