# 🫲 Leftwards hand emoji

🫲 Leftwards hand is an emoji in the open hands set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: handshake, hold, left, leftward, reach and shake.

- Emoji: 🫲
- Unicode name: leftwards hand
- Code points: U+1FAF2
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- GitHub shortcode: :leftwards_hand:
- Keywords: hand, handshake, hold, left, leftward, leftwards, reach, shake
- Page: https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-emoji

## What it means

A hand reaching out to the left with the palm turned sideways, as if offering to shake. It is the partner to the rightwards hand, and together they form a handshake. Greetings, agreements, reaching out and holding all fit.

## Skin tones

- 🫲🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB
- 🫲🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC
- 🫲🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD
- 🫲🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE
- 🫲🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF

## How to type 🫲

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “leftwards hand”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “leftwards hand”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “leftwards hand”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “leftwards hand”.
- GitHub: Type :leftwards_hand: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mano hacia la izquierda | a la izquierda, izquierda, mano, mano hacia la izquierda |
| Français (fr) | main vers la gauche | gauche, main vers la gauche, serrer la main, tenir la main, vers la gauche |
| Deutsch (de) | nach links weisende Hand | ausgestreckt, ausstrecken, Hand, Hände, Händeschütteln, links, reichen, schütteln, weisen |
| Italiano (it) | mano rivolta a sinistra | dare la mano, mano, mano destra rivolta a sinistra, mano rivolta a sinistra, sinistra, verso sinistra |
| Português (pt) | mão para a esquerda | apertar, esquerda, mão, pegar, segurar |
| Nederlands (nl) | hand naar links | eens, hand, hand naar links, handdruk, links, naar links, uitgestoken hand |
| Svenska (sv) | hand som pekar till vänster | hand, hand som pekar till vänster, skaka, till vänster, vänster |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń skierowana w lewo | dłoń, dłoń skierowana w lewo, lewa, uścisk dłoni, w lewo, wyciągnięta dłoń |
| Türkçe (tr) | sola bakan el | anlaşma, dokun, el, el uzatma, merhaba, selam, sol, sola bakan el, temas, tokalaşma |
| Русский (ru) | рука влево | влево, кисть, налево, рука, рукопожатие |
| Українська (uk) | долоня вліво | вліво, долоня, ліва рука, ліворуч, потискати, простягнути, рука, рукостискання, тримати |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι προς τα αριστερά | αριστερά, προς τα αριστερά, χειραψία, χέρι, χέρι προς τα αριστερά |
| العربية (ar) | يد باتجاه اليسار | باتجاه اليسار, يد, يد باتجاه اليسار, يسار, يصافح, يمسك بيده اليسرى |
| עברית (he) | יד פונה שמאלה | יד, יד פונה שמאלה, לחיצת יד, נעים להכיר, שמאלה |
| فارسی (fa) | دست به سمت چپ | افراد, بدن, به سمت چپ, تکان دادن, چپ, دست, دست به سمت چپ, دست دادن, رسیدن, نگه داشتن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बाईं ओर हाथ | बाई ओर, बाईं ओर हाथ, बायां, बायाँ हाथ, हाथ, हाथ पकड़ना, हाथ मिलाना, हाथ हिलाना, हैंडशेक |
| বাংলা (bn) | বামদিকে হাত | করমর্দন, বাম, বামদিকে, হাত, হাত ধরো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan menghadap kiri | ambil, jabat tangan, kiri, menghadap kiri, pegang, salaman, sodorkan tangan, tangan, tangan menghadap kiri |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bàn tay hướng sang bên trái | bàn tay, bàn tay hướng sang bên trái, bên trái, sang trái |
| ไทย (th) | มือหันไปทางซ้าย | จับมือ, เชคแฮนด์, ซ้าย, ถือ, ยื่น, หันไปทาง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 左に向けた手 | 左に向けた手, 左側, 手, 握手, 方向 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 왼쪽으로 향하는 손바닥 | 뻗다, 손, 악수, 왼손, 왼쪽, 왼쪽 방향, 왼쪽으로 향하는 손바닥, 좌측, 좌측 방향, 흔들다 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 向左的手 | 伸手, 向左, 向左的手, 左, 左手, 手, 握手 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 向左的手 | 伸手, 向左, 向左的手, 左, 左手, 手, 握, 握手 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand na links
- Akan (ak): nsa benkum
- Albanian (sq): dorë majtas
- Amharic (am): ወደ ግራ የዞረ እጅ
- Armenian (hy): ձախակողմ ձեռք
- Assamese (as): বাওঁফালে মুখ কৰা হাত
- Azerbaijani (az): sol əl
- Bashkir (ba): һулға ҡул
- Basque (eu): ezkerrera begira dagoen eskua
- Belarusian (be): рука налева
- Bosnian (bs): ruka ulijevo
- Breton (br): dorn a-gleiz
- Bulgarian (bg): сочеща наляво ръка
- Burmese (my): ဘယ်ဘက်ဖြန့်ပြနေသည့် လက်
- Cantonese (yue): 向左嘅手
- Catalan (ca): mà cap a l’esquerra
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏬᏰᏂ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᏗᏜ
- Chuvash (cv): алӑ сулахаялла
- Croatian (hr): ruka okrenuta ulijevo
- Czech (cs): ruka otočená doleva
- Danish (da): hånd til venstre
- Estonian (et): käsi vasakule
- Faroese (fo): hond til vinstru
- Filipino (fil): pakaliwang kamay
- Finnish (fi): vasemmalle ojentuva käsi
- Galician (gl): man cara á esquerda
- Georgian (ka): მარცხენა ხელი
- Gujarati (gu): ડાબેરી હાથ
- Hausa (ha): hannun hagu gaba
- Hungarian (hu): balra néző kéz
- Icelandic (is): hendi vinstra megin
- Igbo (ig): uzo aka ekpe
- Irish (ga): lámh ar chlé
- Javanese (jv): tangan kiwo
- Kannada (kn): ಎಡದಿಕ್ಕನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ
- Kazakh (kk): солға қаратылған қол
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سولعا قاراتىلعان قول
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាដៃចង្អុលទៅខាងឆ្វេង
- Konkani (kok): दावीकडेन दाखोवपी हात
- Kyrgyz (ky): солду көрсөткөн кол
- Lao (lo): ມືຊີ້ໄປທາງຊ້າຍ
- Latvian (lv): kreiso roku
- Lithuanian (lt): į kairę rodanti ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): ruka nalěwo
- Macedonian (mk): рака на лево
- Malay (ms): tangan kiri
- Malayalam (ml): ഇടത്തോട്ടുള്ള കൈ
- Marathi (mr): डावी बाजू दर्शविणारा हात
- Mongolian (mn): зүүн тийш чиглэсэн гар
- Nepali (ne): बायाँँतिर देेखाएको हात
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Pọínt Lẹ́ft Said
- Norwegian (no): hånd mot venstre
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): hand mot venstre
- Odia (or): ବାମ ହାତ
- Oromo (om): harka gara bitaatti
- Pashto (ps): کیڼ لورته لاس
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੱਬੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਹੱਥ
- Quechua (qu): lluqiman maki
- Romanian (ro): mână spre stânga
- Romansh (rm): maun che mussa a sanestra
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh ris an taobh chlì
- Serbian (sr): рука окренута налево
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka okrenuta nalevo
- Shan (shn): မိုဝ်းဝၢႆႇသၢႆႉ
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي پاسي ويندڙ ھٿ
- Sinhala (si): වම් පැත්තට අත
- Slovak (sk): ruka doľava
- Slovenian (sl): roka, obrnjena v levo
- Somali (so): dhinaca gacanta bidix
- Swahili (sw): mkono unaoelekea kushoto
- Tamil (ta): இடது புறத்தைக் காட்டும் கை
- Telugu (te): ఎడమవైపుకు చూపే చేయి
- Tigrinya (ti): ንጸጋ ዘመልክት ኢድ
- Tongan (to): ninma ki hema
- Turkmen (tk): çepe el
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ruka dolěwa
- Urdu (ur): بائیں اشارہ کرتا ہاتھ
- Uzbek (uz): chap qoʻl
- Welsh (cy): llaw i’r chwith
- Yoruba (yo): ọwọ́ òsì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔwɔ́ òsì
- Zulu (zu): leftwards hand

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FAF2` |
| HTML | `🫲` |
| CSS | `\1FAF2` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FAF2}` |
| Python | `\U0001FAF2` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AB B2` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DEF2` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AB%B2` |

## Questions

### What does the 🫲 leftwards hand emoji mean?

A hand reaching out to the left with the palm turned sideways, as if offering to shake. It is the partner to the rightwards hand, and together they form a handshake. Greetings, agreements, reaching out and holding all fit.

### How do I type the 🫲 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “leftwards hand”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :leftwards_hand:.

### When was the 🫲 emoji added?

🫲 was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🫲?

U+1FAF2. In HTML you can write 🫲, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FAF2}.

### Does 🫲 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🫲🏻 light, 🫲🏼 medium-light, 🫲🏽 medium, 🫲🏾 medium-dark and 🫲🏿 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-emoji