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
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
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | dedo corazón hacia arriba | corazón, dedo, dedo corazón hacia arriba, mano, peineta |
| Français | doigt d’honneur | doigt, doigt d’honneur, main, majeur |
| Deutsch | Mittelfinger | Finger, Hand, Mittelfinger |
| Italiano | dito medio | dita, dito, dito medio, insulto, mano, offendere, volgare |
| Português | dedo do meio | dedo, dedo do meio, gesto ofensivo, mão |
| Nederlands | middelvinger | hand, midden, vinger |
| Svenska | långfinger upp | finger, hand, långfinger upp |
| Polski | środkowy palec | gest, palec, ręka, środkowy palec, wulgarny gest |
| Türkçe | orta parmak | beden, el, orta parmak, parmak |
| Русский | средний палец | жест, палец, рука, средний, фак |
| Українська | середній палець | палець, рука, середній палець |
| Ελληνικά | μεσαίο δάχτυλο | δάχτυλο, μεσαίο δάχτυλο, σώμα, χέρι |
| العربية | إصبع الوسطى | إصبع, الوسطى, جسد, يد |
| עברית | אצבע משולשת | אצבע משולשת |
| فارسی | انگشت میانه | انگشت, انگشت میانه, انگشت وسط, بدن, بیلاخ, دست, ناسزا |
| हिन्दी | बीच की अँगुली | उंगली, पीछे का हाथ, बीच की अँगुली, बीच की उंगली, हाथ |
| বাংলা | মধ্যমা | আঙ্গুল, মধ্যমা, মিডিল ফিঙ্গার, শরীর, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia | jari tengah | jari, jari tengah, tangan |
| Tiếng Việt | ngón giữa | ngón giữa, ngón tay, tay |
| ไทย | ชูนิ้วกลาง | ขึ้น, 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 |
| 한국어 | 중지 | 가운데 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
| Afrikaans | middelvinger |
|---|---|
| Akan | mfinimfini nsateaa |
| Albanian | gishti i mesit |
| Amharic | የመሃል ጣት |
| Armenian | միջնամատ |
| Assamese | মধ্যমা আঙুলি |
| Azerbaijani | orta barmaq |
| Bashkir | урта бармаҡ |
| Basque | erdiko hatza |
| Belarusian | сярэдні палец |
| Bosnian | srednji prst |
| Breton | dorn gant biz-bras o vukañ dʼan necʼh |
| Bulgarian | среден пръст |
| Burmese | လက်ခလယ် |
| Cantonese | 中指 |
| Catalan | dit del cor |
| Cherokee | ᎠᏰᏟ ᎦᏰᏌᏛ |
| Chuvash | вӑта пӳрне |
| Croatian | srednji prst |
| Czech | prostředníček |
| Danish | langefinger |
| Estonian | keskmine sõrm |
| European Portuguese | dedo médio |
| Faroese | longutong peikar uppeftir |
| Filipino | hinlalato |
| Finnish | keskisormi |
| Galician | dedo do medio levantado |
| Georgian | შუა თითი |
| Gujarati | મધ્યમા |
| Hausa | ɗan yatsan tsakiya |
| Hungarian | középső ujj |
| Icelandic | langatöng |
| Igbo | mkpịsịaka etiti |
| Irish | méar láir |
| Javanese | driji tengah |
| Kalaallisut | langefinger |
| Kannada | ಮಧ್ಯದ ಬೆರಳು |
| Kazakh | ортаңғы саусақ |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ورتاڭعى ساۋساق |
| Khmer | ម្រាមដៃកណ្ដាល |
| Kinyarwanda | musumbazose |
| Konkani | मदलें बोट |
| Kyrgyz | ортон |
| Kʼicheʼ | nik’ajal uwi’ q’ab’al |
| Lao | ນີ້ວກາງ |
| Latin American Spanish | dorso de mano con dedo medio hacia arriba |
| Latvian | vidējais pirksts |
| Lithuanian | vidurinis pirštas |
| Lower Sorbian | wósrědny palc |
| Luxembourgish | Mëttelfanger |
| Macedonian | среден прст |
| Malay | jari hantu |
| Malayalam | നടുവിരൽ |
| Maltese | suba’ tan-nofs |
| Marathi | मधले बोट |
| Mexican Spanish | mano con el dedo medio levantado |
| Mongolian | дунд хуруу |
| Māori | māpere |
| Nepali | बीचको औंला |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Mídúl Fínga |
| Northern Sotho | monwana wa gare |
| Norwegian | langfinger |
| Odia | ମଝି ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠି |
| Oromo | guba gidduu |
| Pashto | منځنې ګوته |
| Punjabi | ਉੱਪਰ ਵੱਲ ਵਿਚਕਾਰਲੀ ਉਂਗਲ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | درمیانی اُنگل |
| Quechua | chawpi rukana |
| Romanian | degetul mijlociu |
| Romansh | det d’amez stendì |
| Scottish Gaelic | Fionnlagh Fada / Màiri Fhada |
| Serbian | средњи прст |
| Serbian (Latin) | srednji prst |
| Shan | ၼိဝ်ႉၵၢင် |
| Sindhi | وچين آڱر |
| Sinhala | මැදඟිල්ල |
| Slovak | prostredník |
| Slovenian | sredinec |
| Somali | farta dhexe |
| Swahili | kidole cha kati |
| Tajik | ангушти байн |
| Tamil | நடு விரல் |
| Telugu | మధ్య వేలు చూపుట |
| Tigrinya | ማእከላይ ኣጻብዕቲ |
| Tongan | tuhu ʻi loto |
| Tswana | monwana o o mo gare |
| Turkmen | orta barmak |
| Upper Sorbian | srjedźny porst |
| Urdu | درمیانی انگلی |
| Uyghur | ئوتتۇرا بارماق |
| Uzbek | o‘rta barmoq |
| Welsh | bys canol |
| Wolof | baaraamu digg |
| Xhosa | umnwe ophakathi |
| Yoruba | ìka àárín |
| Zulu | umunwe 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.