Rightwards Pushing Hand emoji meaning

What does 🫸 mean in messages?

Unicode calls this emoji “rightwards pushing hand.” It can show the person, gesture, role, look, or action called rightwards pushing hand.

Use 🫸 for people, gestures, roles, identity, or physical actions. Unicode calls it “rightwards pushing hand.” That name is a safe, neutral label when the social meaning is not clear.

For a wider view, browse people & body emoji, use the emoji meaning finder, or read the emoji meanings in context guide.

Example messages with 🫸

Unicode construction and code points

This copyable emoji is a single-code-point emoji. It uses 1 core Unicode code point: U+1FAF8 unnamed unicode character.

Version and platform support

The rightwards pushing hand emoji was introduced in Emoji 15.0 and is classified in the hand fingers open subgroup. This is a relatively recent emoji, so older operating systems, apps, or fonts may show missing glyphs or separate sequence parts.

Names, keywords, and classification

The standardized name is “rightwards pushing hand.” Search terms indexed for this entry include hand, pushing, rightwards. It belongs to People & Body and the hand fingers open subgroup. These labels help identify and find the character; they do not prove a sender’s intended tone.

Accessibility and clear wording

For alt text, start with “rightwards pushing hand.” Use clearer words when the emoji is only decoration, a metaphor, or slang.

Do not use this emoji as the only carrier of an emergency, deadline, consent decision, medical instruction, or other high-stakes message. The character is standardized, but Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and social platforms supply different artwork.