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
����‍♀
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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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