What does 🤚 mean?
Raised back of hand: 'stop', 'wait', raising a hand.
Its official Unicode name is RAISED BACK OF HAND and its CLDR short name is "raised back of hand" (in Hungarian: "kézfej"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- back
- backhand
- hand
- raised
In Hungarian: felemelt, kéz
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🤚 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F91A. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- RAISED BACK OF HAND
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- kézfej
- English name (CLDR)
- raised back of hand
- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Group
- People & Body · hand fingers open
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :raised_back_of_hand:
Related emojis
- Waving hand
- Hand with fingers splayed
- Raised hand
- Vulcan salute
- Rightwards hand
- Leftwards hand
- Palm down hand
- Palm up hand
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤚 emoji mean?
Raised back of hand: 'stop', 'wait', raising a hand.
How do I type the 🤚 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "back".
When was the 🤚 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Does 🤚 come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.