🫷 is called "Leftwards Pushing Hand". Its official Unicode name is leftwards pushing hand.

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🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand

Leftwards Pushing Hand stands for block, five and halt in everyday messages.

👋 Gestures & Hands since 2022 · Unicode 15.0

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Unicode does not define this combination – the closest one is shown.

💡 Meaning

🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand is one of the open-hand gestures in Unicode's People & Body group. Typical contexts are block, five, halt and hand. Unicode also files it under high, hold, leftward and leftwards, which shows how widely it is read.

📱 Typical Usage

🫷 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Gestures and Hands. Added in 2022 with Emoji 15.0, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. On older phones and operating systems it may still show as an empty box. Its code point is U+1FAF7. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

✍️ Usage Examples

A single 🫷 is often enough to set the tone.
Fits messages about block, five, halt and hand.
Often seen near 🫴 Palm up Hand, 🫴🏻 Palm up Hand: Light Skin Tone and 🫷🏻 Leftwards Pushing Hand: Light Skin Tone.

📈 Trends & Pop Culture

🫷 shows up most often in posts about block, five, halt, high and hold. In the wiki it sits in the Gestures & Hands category.

🔗 Popular Combinations

🫷🫳 – Leftwards Pushing Hand and Palm Down Hand
🫷🫴 – Leftwards Pushing Hand with Palm up Hand
🫷🫸 – Leftwards Pushing Hand plus Rightwards Pushing Hand
🫷🫱 – Leftwards Pushing Hand and Rightwards Hand
🫷🫲 – Leftwards Pushing Hand with Leftwards Hand

⚠️ Confusion Risk

Easy to mix up with 🫴 Palm up Hand, 🫴🏻 Palm up Hand: Light Skin Tone or 🫷🏻 Leftwards Pushing Hand: Light Skin Tone. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.