Emoji 3
raised back of hand: medium skin tone
Also known as back, backhand, hand, raised
A raised back of hand with medium skin tone, showing the back of the palm facing outward.
Meaning
This emoji depicts the back of a raised hand with medium skin tone. It is commonly used to signal stop, wait, or hold on, and can also represent a high-five or a gesture of refusal.
Unicode name
The official Unicode meaning is raised back of hand with medium skin tone, representing a hand showing its back side.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple renders this emoji as a cartoon-style hand with the back facing forward, featuring a medium brown skin tone and visible knuckles.
Google
Google Noto displays the emoji as a flat, vector-style hand with the back facing outward, colored in a medium brown skin tone.
Twitter
Twitter Twemoji shows the emoji as a bold, outlined hand with the back facing forward, using a medium brown skin tone and simple shading.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
