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🫲 Leftwards Hand
- Emoji
- 🫲
- Unicode
- U+1FAF2
- Shortcode
- :leftwards_hand:
- HTML code
- 🫲
- Approved in
- Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- Category
- People & Body
What does the 🫲 emoji mean?
The 🫲 emoji shows leftwards hand. It belongs to People & Body (fingers open) and is used to talk about hand, handshake, hold and left, or to go along with messages about that person, gesture or activity.
Keywords: hand, handshake, hold, left, leftward, leftwards, reach, shake.
Featured in: Hand emojis and gestures.
How 🫲 looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
Skin tones
How to type 🫲 on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “leftwards hand” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “leftwards hand”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “leftwards hand”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “leftwards hand”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :leftwards_hand: |
🫲 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | leftwards hand |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1FAF2 |
| HTML decimal | 🫲 |
| HTML hex | 🫲 |
| CSS | \1FAF2 |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAF2} |
| Shortcode | :leftwards_hand: |
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What does the 🫲 emoji mean?
The 🫲 emoji shows leftwards hand. It belongs to People & Body (fingers open) and is used to talk about hand, handshake, hold and left, or to go along with messages about that person, gesture or activity.
How do I copy and paste the leftwards hand emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “leftwards hand”.
When was the 🫲 emoji released?
It was approved in Emoji 14.0, in 2021. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.
Does the 🫲 emoji have skin tones?
Yes, it has 5 skin tone variants. You can copy all of them in the “Skin tones” section of this page.