Raised Back of Hand

🤚 Raised Back of Hand is one of the open-hand gestures in Unicode's People & Body group. People send it when the subject is back, backhand, hand and raised.

🤚 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Gestures and Hands. The character has been part of the standard since 2016 (Emoji 3.0). Its code point is U+1F91A. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

• 🤚 works as a one-character reply when back is the subject.
• Fits messages about back, backhand, hand and raised.
• Often seen near 👋🏻 Waving Hand: Light Skin Tone, 👋 Waving Hand and 🤚🏻 Raised Back of Hand: Light Skin Tone.

• 🤚✋ – Raised Back of Hand and Raised Hand
• 🤚🖐️ – Raised Back of Hand with Hand with Fingers Splayed
• 🤚👋 – Raised Back of Hand plus Waving Hand
• 🤚🫱 – Raised Back of Hand and Rightwards Hand
• 🤚🫲 – Raised Back of Hand with Leftwards Hand
• 🤚🖖 – Raised Back of Hand plus Vulcan Salute

Easy to mix up with 👋🏻 Waving Hand: Light Skin Tone, 👋 Waving Hand or 🤚🏻 Raised Back of 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.