Woman gesturing no Emoji

People

A woman holding her arms in front of her chest in an X shape, signaling refusal or disagreement. Her expression is firm, clearly indicating that a request, action, or behavior is unacceptable.

Usage Context

Used to shut down a conversation, deny a request, or declare that something is strictly off-limits. It serves as a visual shortcut for saying 'no way,' 'stop,' or 'that's forbidden.' It is frequently used alongside the 🚫 prohibited sign or the 🙅‍♂️ man gesturing no to emphasize a hard boundary.

History

This gesture traces its roots back to game show signals and Japanese cultural communication, where crossing one's arms into an X is a standard non-verbal way to signify 'no' or 'incorrect.' It was added to the Unicode standard as part of the effort to make emojis more inclusive by providing gender-specific variations of existing gestures.

Details

Glyph

🙅‍♀

Unicode

U+1F645 U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f645_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE45;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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

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