🫱 Rightwards Hand

The 🫱 Rightwards Hand emoji belongs to the open-hand gestures, filed by Unicode under People & Body. In practice it comes up around hand, handshake, hold and reach. The keyword list continues with right, rightward, rightwards and shake.

🫱 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Gestures and Hands. The character has been part of the standard since 2021 (Emoji 14.0). Its code point is U+1FAF1. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

• 🫱 on its own already flags the topic: hand.
• Fits messages about hand, handshake, hold and reach.
• Often seen near 🖖🏻 Vulcan Salute: Light Skin Tone, 🫱🏻 Rightwards Hand: Light Skin Tone and 🖖 Vulcan Salute.

• 🫱🫳 – Rightwards Hand and Palm Down Hand
• 🫱🫴 – Rightwards Hand with Palm up Hand
• 🫱✋ – Rightwards Hand plus Raised Hand
• 🫱🖐️ – Rightwards Hand and Hand with Fingers Splayed
• 🫱🫲 – Rightwards Hand with Leftwards Hand
• 🫱🖖 – Rightwards Hand plus Vulcan Salute

Easy to mix up with 🖖🏻 Vulcan Salute: Light Skin Tone, 🫱🏻 Rightwards Hand: Light Skin Tone or 🖖 Vulcan Salute. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.