# 🫲🏾 Leftwards hand emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🫲🏾 is the leftwards hand emoji (🫲) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🫲 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021.

- Emoji: 🫲🏾
- Unicode name: leftwards hand: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- Base emoji: [🫲 Leftwards hand](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🫲 [Leftwards hand](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-emoji.md)
- 🫲🏻 [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
- 🫲🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

🫲🏾 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🫲 [Leftwards hand](https://emojichart.com/leftwards-hand-emoji.md) (U+1FAF2)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 🫲🏾

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “leftwards hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “leftwards hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “leftwards hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “leftwards hand”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mano hacia la izquierda: tono de piel oscuro medio | a la izquierda, izquierda, mano, mano hacia la izquierda, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | main vers la gauche : peau mate | gauche, main vers la gauche, peau mate, serrer la main, tenir la main, vers la gauche |
| Deutsch (de) | nach links weisende Hand: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | ausgestreckt, ausstrecken, Hand, Hände, Händeschütteln, links, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, reichen, schütteln, weisen |
| Italiano (it) | mano rivolta a sinistra: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, dare la mano, mano, mano destra rivolta a sinistra, mano rivolta a sinistra, sinistra, verso sinistra |
| Português (pt) | mão para a esquerda: pele morena escura | apertar, esquerda, mão, pegar, pele morena escura, segurar |
| Nederlands (nl) | hand naar links: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, eens, hand, hand naar links, handdruk, links, naar links, uitgestoken hand |
| Svenska (sv) | hand som pekar till vänster: mellanmörk hy | hand, hand som pekar till vänster, mellanmörk hy, skaka, till vänster, vänster |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń skierowana w lewo: karnacja średnio ciemna | dłoń, dłoń skierowana w lewo, karnacja średnio ciemna, lewa, uścisk dłoni, w lewo, wyciągnięta dłoń |
| Türkçe (tr) | sola bakan el: orta koyu cilt tonu | anlaşma, dokun, el, el uzatma, merhaba, orta koyu cilt tonu, selam, sol, sola bakan el, temas, tokalaşma |
| Русский (ru) | рука влево: темный тон кожи | влево, кисть, налево, рука, рукопожатие, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | долоня вліво: помірно темний тон шкіри | вліво, долоня, ліва рука, ліворуч, помірно темний тон шкіри, потискати, простягнути, рука, рукостискання, тримати |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι προς τα αριστερά: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | αριστερά, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, προς τα αριστερά, χειραψία, χέρι, χέρι προς τα αριστερά |
| العربية (ar) | يد باتجاه اليسار: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | باتجاه اليسار, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, يد, يد باتجاه اليسار, يسار, يصافح, يمسك بيده اليسرى |
| עברית (he) | יד פונה שמאלה: גוון עור כהה בינוני | גוון עור כהה בינוני, יד, יד פונה שמאלה, לחיצת יד, נעים להכיר, שמאלה |
| فارسی (fa) | دست به سمت چپ: پوست گندمی | افراد, بدن, به سمت چپ, پوست گندمی, تکان دادن, چپ, دست, دست به سمت چپ, دست دادن, رسیدن, نگه داشتن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बाईं ओर हाथ: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | बाई ओर, बाईं ओर हाथ, बायां, बायाँ हाथ, हल्की साँवली त्वचा, हाथ, हाथ पकड़ना, हाथ मिलाना, हाथ हिलाना, हैंडशेक |
| বাংলা (bn) | বামদিকে হাত: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | করমর্দন, বাম, বামদিকে, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, হাত, হাত ধরো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan menghadap kiri: warna kulit gelap-sedang | ambil, jabat tangan, kiri, menghadap kiri, pegang, salaman, sodorkan tangan, tangan, tangan menghadap kiri, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bàn tay hướng sang bên trái: màu da tối trung bình | bàn tay, bàn tay hướng sang bên trái, bên trái, màu da tối trung bình, sang trái |
| ไทย (th) | มือหันไปทางซ้าย: โทนผิวสีแทน | จับมือ, เชคแฮนด์, ซ้าย, ถือ, โทนผิวสีแทน, ยื่น, หันไปทาง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 左に向けた手: やや濃い肌色 | やや濃い肌色, 左に向けた手, 左側, 手, 握手, 方向 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 왼쪽으로 향하는 손바닥: 진한 갈색 피부 | 뻗다, 손, 악수, 왼손, 왼쪽, 왼쪽 방향, 왼쪽으로 향하는 손바닥, 좌측, 좌측 방향, 진한 갈색 피부, 흔들다 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 向左的手: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 伸手, 向左, 向左的手, 左, 左手, 手, 握手 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 向左的手：褐皮膚 | 伸手, 向左, 向左的手, 左, 左手, 手, 握, 握手, 褐皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand na links: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsa benkum: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): dorë majtas: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ወደ ግራ የዞረ እጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): ձախակողմ ձեռք․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বাওঁফালে মুখ কৰা হাত: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): sol əl: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һулға ҡул: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): ezkerrera begira dagoen eskua: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): рука налева: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): ruka ulijevo: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): сочеща наляво ръка: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ဘယ်ဘက်ဖြန့်ပြနေသည့် လက် − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main vers la gauche : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 向左嘅手: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 向左嘅手: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): mà cap a l’esquerra: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏬᏰᏂ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᏗᏜ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 向左的手：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): алӑ сулахаялла: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): ruka okrenuta ulijevo: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): ruka otočená doleva: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): hånd til venstre: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): käsi vasakule: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão para a esquerda: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): hond til vinstru: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): pakaliwang kamay: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): vasemmalle ojentuva käsi: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): man cara á esquerda: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): მარცხენა ხელი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ડાબેરી હાથ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): hannun hagu gaba: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): leftwards hand: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): balra néző kéz: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): hendi vinstra megin: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): uzo aka ekpe: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): lámh ar chlé: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): tangan kiwo: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): afus azelmaḍ: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಎಡದಿಕ್ಕನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): солға қаратылған қол: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سولعا قاراتىلعان قول: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាដៃចង្អុលទៅខាងឆ្វេង: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Konkani (kok): दावीकडेन दाखोवपी हात: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): солду көрсөткөн кол: кара тору
- Lao (lo): ມືຊີ້ໄປທາງຊ້າຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): kreiso roku: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): man a-a manciña: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): į kairę rodanti ranka: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): ruka nalěwo: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): рака на лево: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): tangan kiri: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ഇടത്തോട്ടുള്ള കൈ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): डावी बाजू दर्शविणारा हात: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): зүүн тийш чиглэсэн гар: бордуу
- Nepali (ne): बायाँँतिर देेखाएको हात: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Pọínt Lẹ́ft Said: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): hånd mot venstre: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): hand mot venstre: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ବାମ ହାତ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka gara bitaatti: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): کیڼ لورته لاس: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੱਬੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਹੱਥ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): lluqiman maki: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): mână spre stânga: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): maun che mussa a sanestra: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh ris an taobh chlì: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): рука окренута налево: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka okrenuta nalevo: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): မိုဝ်းဝၢႆႇသၢႆႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي پاسي ويندڙ ھٿ: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): වම් පැත්තට අත: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): ruka doľava: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): roka, obrnjena v levo: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): dhinaca gacanta bidix: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mkono unaoelekea kushoto: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tamil (ta): இடது புறத்தைக் காட்டும் கை: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): ఎడమవైపుకు చూపే చేయి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ንጸጋ ዘመልክት ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): ninma ki hema: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Turkmen (tk): çepe el: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ruka dolěwa: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بائیں اشارہ کرتا ہاتھ: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): chap qoʻl: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): llaw i’r chwith: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Yoruba (yo): ọwọ́ òsì: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔwɔ́ òsì: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): leftwards hand: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `🫲🏾` |
| CSS | `\1FAF2\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FAF2}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001FAF2\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AB B2 F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DEF2 D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AB%B2%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does 🫲🏾 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. 🫲🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🫲🏾 and 🫲?

🫲🏾 is the 🫲 leftwards hand emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🫲 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 🫲🏾?

Find 🫲 in your emoji keyboard by searching “leftwards hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🫲🏾?

U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 🫲🏾

### When was 🫲🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.

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