Emoji 14

rightwards hand

Also known as hand, handshake, hold, reach, right

A right-facing hand with palm forward, fingers extended together and thumb out, often used to indicate a handshake or reaching gesture.

Unicode U+1FAF1 Added in Emoji 14 Category people & body Subcategory fingers open

Meaning

The rightwards hand emoji depicts a hand oriented to the right, commonly used to represent offering a handshake, reaching out, or signaling direction. It is often paired with the leftwards hand emoji to show a handshake. People use it in conversations about agreement, greeting, or physical actions like holding or giving.

Unicode name

A hand pointing to the right, typically shown with palm facing forward, used to convey a rightward direction or the act of reaching out.

Platform designs

🫱

System

Twemoji

OpenMoji

Apple

In Apple design, the emoji shows a light skin-tone right-facing hand with fingers together and thumb extended, rendered in a three-dimensional, rounded style.

Google

In Google Noto design, the emoji appears as a flat, slightly abstract right-facing hand with fingers together and thumb out, featuring a neutral skin-tone color.

Twitter

In Twitter Twemoji design, the emoji is a detailed, slightly textured right-facing hand with fingers together and thumb extended, shown in a warm skin-tone color.

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

Skin Tones

🫱 🫱🏻 🫱🏼 🫱🏽 🫱🏾 🫱🏿

Frequently Asked Questions

Which category does 🫱 rightwards hand belong to?

🫱 rightwards hand belongs to the people & body category, which contains 390 emojis.

Which Unicode version added 🫱 rightwards hand?

🫱 rightwards hand was added in Emoji 14. Its codepoint is U+1FAF1, made up of 1 code points.