Emoji 3

raised back of hand

Also known as back, backhand, hand, raised

A hand with the back facing forward, fingers raised and slightly spread, as if showing a palm-up or stopping gesture.

Unicode U+1F91A Added in Emoji 3 Category people & body Subcategory fingers open

Meaning

The raised back of hand emoji typically represents the back of a hand held up, often used to signal stop, pause, or a high five. It can also express a casual greeting or a playful backhand gesture. People use it in contexts of refusal, emphasis, or to indicate the back of the hand in conversation.

Unicode name

The official Unicode name is 'Raised Back of Hand', representing the back of a hand with fingers extended upward.

Platform designs

🤚

System

Twemoji

OpenMoji

Apple

In Apple design, the hand is shown with a realistic skin tone default (yellow? no, default is generic?), actually Apple uses a default skin tone (often a light beige/tan) with detailed shading, fingers together and slightly spread, viewed from the back.

Google

In Google Noto design, the hand is depicted with a flat, simplified cartoon style, with a neutral skin tone and fingers separated, showing the back of the hand.

Twitter

In Twitter Twemoji design, the hand is shown with a detailed, slightly 3D appearance, with a default skin tone and fingers spread, displaying the back of the hand.

Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Skin Tones

🤚 🤚🏻 🤚🏼 🤚🏽 🤚🏾 🤚🏿

Frequently Asked Questions

Which category does 🤚 raised back of hand belong to?

🤚 raised back of hand belongs to the people & body category, which contains 390 emojis.

Which Unicode version added 🤚 raised back of hand?

🤚 raised back of hand was added in Emoji 3. Its codepoint is U+1F91A, made up of 1 code points.