Emoji Chart
🖕U+1F595

Middle finger emoji

A hand with only the middle finger extended. It is a rude, offensive gesture used to insult or show contempt in many countries. Anger and defiance are the usual messages, though close friends sometimes use it jokingly, and it can easily offend.

Unicode name
middle finger
Category
People & body, Pointing fingers
Added
Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points
U+1F595
Shortcode
:middle_finger:, :fu:
Keywords
finger, hand, middle

How it looks

🖕
Your device
Middle finger emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Middle finger emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Middle finger emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

How to type 🖕

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españoldedo corazón hacia arribacorazón, dedo, dedo corazón hacia arriba, mano, peineta
Françaisdoigt d’honneurdoigt, doigt d’honneur, main, majeur
DeutschMittelfingerFinger, Hand, Mittelfinger
Italianodito mediodita, dito, dito medio, insulto, mano, offendere, volgare
Portuguêsdedo do meiodedo, dedo do meio, gesto ofensivo, mão
Nederlandsmiddelvingerhand, midden, vinger
Svenskalångfinger uppfinger, hand, långfinger upp
Polskiśrodkowy palecgest, palec, ręka, środkowy palec, wulgarny gest
Türkçeorta parmakbeden, el, orta parmak, parmak
Русскийсредний палецжест, палец, рука, средний, фак
Українськасередній палецьпалець, рука, середній палець
Ελληνικάμεσαίο δάχτυλοδάχτυλο, μεσαίο δάχτυλο, σώμα, χέρι
العربيةإصبع الوسطىإصبع, الوسطى, جسد, يد
עבריתאצבע משולשתאצבע משולשת
فارسیانگشت میانهانگشت, انگشت میانه, انگشت وسط, بدن, بیلاخ, دست, ناسزا
हिन्दीबीच की अँगुलीउंगली, पीछे का हाथ, बीच की अँगुली, बीच की उंगली, हाथ
বাংলামধ্যমাআঙ্গুল, মধ্যমা, মিডিল ফিঙ্গার, শরীর, হাত
Bahasa Indonesiajari tengahjari, jari tengah, tangan
Tiếng Việtngón giữangón giữa, ngón tay, tay
ไทยชูนิ้วกลางขึ้น, ชี้, ชูนิ้วกลาง, ท่าทาง, มือ
日本語立てた中指上, 中指, 手, 指, 指差し, 立てた中指
한국어중지가운데 손가락, 손, 손가락, 욕설, 중지
中文(简体)竖中指中指, 反手, 手, 竖中指
中文(繁體)中指中指, 比中指
Names in 96 more languages
Afrikaansmiddelvinger
Akanmfinimfini nsateaa
Albaniangishti i mesit
Amharicየመሃል ጣት
Armenianմիջնամատ
Assameseমধ্যমা আঙুলি
Azerbaijaniorta barmaq
Bashkirурта бармаҡ
Basqueerdiko hatza
Belarusianсярэдні палец
Bosniansrednji prst
Bretondorn gant biz-bras o vukañ dʼan necʼh
Bulgarianсреден пръст
Burmeseလက်ခလယ်
Cantonese中指
Catalandit del cor
CherokeeᎠᏰᏟ ᎦᏰᏌᏛ
Chuvashвӑта пӳрне
Croatiansrednji prst
Czechprostředníček
Danishlangefinger
Estoniankeskmine sõrm
European Portuguesededo médio
Faroeselongutong peikar uppeftir
Filipinohinlalato
Finnishkeskisormi
Galiciandedo do medio levantado
Georgianშუა თითი
Gujaratiમધ્યમા
Hausaɗan yatsan tsakiya
Hungarianközépső ujj
Icelandiclangatöng
Igbomkpịsịaka etiti
Irishméar láir
Javanesedriji tengah
Kalaallisutlangefinger
Kannadaಮಧ್ಯದ ಬೆರಳು
Kazakhортаңғы саусақ
Kazakh (Arabic)ورتاڭعى ساۋساق
Khmerម្រាមដៃកណ្ដាល
Kinyarwandamusumbazose
Konkaniमदलें बोट
Kyrgyzортон
Kʼicheʼnik’ajal uwi’ q’ab’al
Laoນີ້ວກາງ
Latin American Spanishdorso de mano con dedo medio hacia arriba
Latvianvidējais pirksts
Lithuanianvidurinis pirštas
Lower Sorbianwósrědny palc
LuxembourgishMëttelfanger
Macedonianсреден прст
Malayjari hantu
Malayalamനടുവിരൽ
Maltesesuba’ tan-nofs
Marathiमधले बोट
Mexican Spanishmano con el dedo medio levantado
Mongolianдунд хуруу
Māorimāpere
Nepaliबीचको औंला
Nigerian PidginMídúl Fínga
Northern Sothomonwana wa gare
Norwegianlangfinger
Odiaମଝି ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠି
Oromoguba gidduu
Pashtoمنځنې ګوته
Punjabiਉੱਪਰ ਵੱਲ ਵਿਚਕਾਰਲੀ ਉਂਗਲ
Punjabi (Arabic)درمیانی اُنگل
Quechuachawpi rukana
Romaniandegetul mijlociu
Romanshdet d’amez stendì
Scottish GaelicFionnlagh Fada / Màiri Fhada
Serbianсредњи прст
Serbian (Latin)srednji prst
Shanၼိဝ်ႉၵၢင်
Sindhiوچين آڱر
Sinhalaමැදඟිල්ල
Slovakprostredník
Sloveniansredinec
Somalifarta dhexe
Swahilikidole cha kati
Tajikангушти байн
Tamilநடு விரல்
Teluguమధ్య వేలు చూపుట
Tigrinyaማእከላይ ኣጻብዕቲ
Tongantuhu ʻi loto
Tswanamonwana o o mo gare
Turkmenorta barmak
Upper Sorbiansrjedźny porst
Urduدرمیانی انگلی
Uyghurئوتتۇرا بارماق
Uzbeko‘rta barmoq
Welshbys canol
Wolofbaaraamu digg
Xhosaumnwe ophakathi
Yorubaìka àárín
Zuluumunwe omaphakathi

Codes

Code points
U+1F595
HTML
🖕
CSS
\1F595
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F595}
Python
\U0001F595
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 96 95
UTF-16
D83D DD95
URL encoded
%F0%9F%96%95

Questions

What does the 🖕 middle finger emoji mean?

A hand with only the middle finger extended. It is a rude, offensive gesture used to insult or show contempt in many countries. Anger and defiance are the usual messages, though close friends sometimes use it jokingly, and it can easily offend.

How do I type the 🖕 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “middle finger”. 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 :middle_finger:.

When was the 🖕 emoji added?

🖕 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 🖕?

U+1F595. In HTML you can write 🖕, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F595}.

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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