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A profile of an open hand pushing or positioned with the palm toward the left.&nbsp;

May be used to show a hand pushing something away or to represent rejection of something in general. May also be used with with <a href="https://emojipedia.org/rightwards-pushing-hand/">🫸 Rightwards Pushing Hand</a> to show hands high fiving or holding, pressing, or squishing something.&nbsp;

Leftwards Pushing Hand

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A&nbsp;raised hand, showing the reverse side of the palm.&nbsp;May be paired with the forward-facing <a href="/raised-hand/" title="✋ Raised Hand">raised hand emoji</a>.

Raised Back of Hand

A hand held up showing its palm. May be used to mean stop, or as a high-five.

Raised Hand

An open&nbsp;right hand facing right, so as to show the back of the hand with the thumb on the top and the pinky on the bottom.

This emoji was developed along with <a href="/leftwards-hand/">🫲 Leftwards Hand</a> to allow for the creation of <a href="/zero-width-joiner/">ZWJ Sequences</a> that depict <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a>&nbsp;with two different skin tone modifiers applied, one to each hand.

Rightwards Hand

An open right hand facing left, so as to show the palm of the hand with the thumb on the top and the pinky on the bottom.

This emoji was developed along with <a href="/rightwards-hand/">🫱 Rightwards Hand</a> to allow for the creation of <a href="/zero-width-joiner/">ZWJ Sequences</a> that depict <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> with two different skin tone modifiers applied, one to each hand.

Leftwards Hand

A hand in profile with the palm facing down.

Can be used to represent the action of dropping or reaching for something. May also be used in a variety of culture-specific contexts including dismissal, negotiation, or as a beckoning gesture.

The design is a mirror image of <a href="/palm-up-hand/">🫴 Palm Up Hand</a>.

Palm Down Hand

A hand in profile with the palm facing up.

Can be used to represent the action of lifting, offering, demanding, or beckoning. May also be used to express a question or lack of knowledge.

The design is a mirror image of <a href="/palm-down-hand/">🫴 Palm Down Hand</a>. The hand position is similar to the one in&nbsp;<a href="/person-tipping-hand/">💁 Person Tipping Hand</a>.

Palm Up Hand

A profile of an open hand pushing or positioned with the palm toward the right.&nbsp;

May be used to show a hand pushing something away or to represent rejection of something in general. May also be used with with <a href="https://emojipedia.org/leftwards-pushing-hand/">🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand</a> to show hands high fiving or holding, pressing, or squishing something.

Rightwards Pushing Hand

Index finger pointing to the left.

White Left Pointing Backhand Index

Index finger pointing to the right.

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White Right Pointing Backhand Index

A fist displayed in a&nbsp;position to punch someone, or to fist-bump another person.

Shown as a right hand on all supported platforms. An equivalent left-handed version does not exist.

Fisted Hand Sign

Two hands performing a handshake gesture, indicating a&nbsp;cordial greeting between friends or associates.

As of late 2021&#39;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations, this emoji design has multiple <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">skin tone modifier</a> options. Certain platforms did, however, support a small number of single skin tone options for the handshake emoji prior to 2021 (e.g. both <a href="/google/android-7.1/new/">Google</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/new/">Samsung</a> in 2017).&nbsp;<a href="/handshakes/">View all handshake emojis</a>.

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Leftwards Pushing Hand: Light Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Medium Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Dark Skin Tone

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Designs used on Discord that are distinct from the historic Twemoji emoji designs.

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

Sample emoji designs developed by Emojipedia for illustrative purposes.

Unicode 15.0 is the version of the Unicode Standard&nbsp;released on&nbsp;September 13, 2022. 20&nbsp;new emoji&nbsp;code points were added in this release,&nbsp;with all 31 new emojis (including 11 sequences)&nbsp;listed under <a href="/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.

Unicode 15.0 introduced a total of 5,185 new characters, including the 20 new emoji codepoints listed below. This brought the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to&nbsp;149,186 characters.

<ul>
	<li>📝&nbsp;<a href="https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/">Unicode 15.0 details on Unicode.org</a></li>
</ul>

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