🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand Emoji

Technical Details

Name

Leftwards Pushing Hand

Short Name

:leftwards_pushing_hand:

Unicode

U+1FAF7

Unicode Version

15.0

Release Year

2022

Platform Support

Apple Google Twitter Facebook

Has Skin Tones

Yes

Platform Renderings

Unicode standard sample

Unicode

LEFTWARDS PUSHING HAND emoji in Apple's design style - Unicode 1FAF7

Apple Style

LEFTWARDS PUSHING HAND emoji in Google's design style - Unicode 1FAF7

Google Style

LEFTWARDS PUSHING HAND emoji in Twitter's design style - Unicode 1FAF7

Twitter Style

LEFTWARDS PUSHING HAND emoji in Facebook's design style - Unicode 1FAF7

Facebook Style

SVG Code

<svg width="128" height="128" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text
    x="64"
    y="64"
    font-size="96"
    text-anchor="middle"
    dominant-baseline="middle"
    font-family="serif"
  >🫷</text>
</svg>

Emoji Meaning

Meaning

A hand depicted in a pushing motion, facing leftwards. The hand is typically shown in a light or medium skin tone, with the palm facing the viewer and the fingers extended. This emoji represents a gesture of pushing something away or directing someone to move in a leftward direction. It is part of the 'hand-fingers-open' subcategory within the 'People & Body' category.

Common Uses

  • Indicating a leftward direction: 'Please move to the left 🫷'
  • Signaling someone to step aside: 'Can you please make some space? 🫷'
  • In a playful context, pushing someone away: 'Stop bothering me 🫷'

Example Sentences

  • For the next activity, everyone should move to the left 🫷
  • Excuse me, can you please step aside? 🫷
  • He playfully pushed her away when she tried to take his food 🫷

Frequently Asked Questions