Rightwards hand emoji 🫱
Emoji 14.0 (2021) · U+1FAF1
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What 🫱 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Rightwards hand 🫱 is tagged with these keywords: hand, handshake, hold, reach, right, rightward, rightwards, shake.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing hand or handshake in the emoji search brings up 🫱.
Rightwards hand 🫱 is one of 11 emoji in the open hands subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to 🫲 🫳 🫴 🫷.
🫱 comes in 5 skin tones, from 🫱🏻 to 🫱🏿, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will 🫱 show on my friend's phone?
🫱 is fairly new: Emoji 14.0 (2021). Phones and computers updated since 2022 usually show it; older ones may show an empty box.
How to type 🫱
Any emoji picker finds 🫱 when you search for rightwards hand.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type rightwards hand.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type rightwards hand in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type rightwards hand.
Codes for developers
Rightwards hand 🫱 is a single code point, U+1FAF1. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1FAF1 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🫱 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🫱 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FAF1"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAF1} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AB%B1 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AB B1 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🫱 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | rightwards hand |
| Português | mão para a direita |
| Español | mano hacia la derecha |
| Italiano | mano rivolta a destra |
| Français | main vers la droite |
| Deutsch | nach rechts weisende Hand |
| Türkçe | sağa bakan el |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tangan menghadap kanan |
| Polski | dłoń skierowana w prawo |
| Русский | рука вправо |
| 日本語 | 右に向けた手 |
| 한국어 | 오른쪽으로 향하는 손등 |
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All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the rightwards hand emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🫱 "rightwards hand" and links it with hand, handshake, hold, reach. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the open hands subgroup of people & body.
When was the rightwards hand emoji added?
In Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. Only phones and computers updated since 2022 show it; older ones may show a box.
Can I change the skin tone of 🫱?
Yes. 🫱 has these skin tones: 🫱🏻 🫱🏼 🫱🏽 🫱🏾 🫱🏿. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.