# ✋🏾 Raised hand emoji: medium-dark skin tone

✋🏾 is the raised hand emoji (✋) with medium-dark skin tone. It's ✋ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: ✋🏾
- Unicode name: raised hand: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+270B U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [✋ Raised hand](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A raised open hand, palm out, with fingers together. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to volunteer or ask a question. Expect it with 'wait', 'me!', greetings and halting someone.

## Other skin tones

- ✋ [Raised hand](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-emoji.md)
- ✋🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FB
- ✋🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FC
- ✋🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FD
- ✋🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

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

1. ✋ [Raised hand](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-emoji.md) (U+270B)
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 “raised hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “raised hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “raised hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “raised 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 levantada: tono de piel oscuro medio | choca esos cinco, levantada, mano, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | main levée : peau mate | feuille, main, main levée, paume de la main, peau mate, stop, tope là |
| Deutsch (de) | erhobene Hand: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | 5, erhoben, halt, Hand, Handfläche, high five, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, schlag ein, Stopp, warte |
| Italiano (it) | mano alzata: carnagione abbastanza scura | alzata, carnagione abbastanza scura, carta, cinque, mano, mano aperta |
| Português (pt) | mão levantada: pele morena escura | 5, cinco, erguida, high five, levantada, mão, papel, pare, pele morena escura, toca aqui |
| Nederlands (nl) | opgeheven hand: donkergetinte huidskleur | 5, donkergetinte huidskleur, hand, hoog, opgeheven, stop, vijf |
| Svenska (sv) | hand i luften: mellanmörk hy | hand, hand i luften, handflata, mellanmörk hy, uppräckt |
| Polski (pl) | wzniesiona dłoń: karnacja średnio ciemna | dłoń, karnacja średnio ciemna, ręka, stop, uwaga, wzniesiona dłoń |
| Türkçe (tr) | el kaldırma: orta koyu cilt tonu | beş parmak, dur, dur işareti, el, el kaldırma, havada el, orta koyu cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | поднятая ладонь: темный тон кожи | вверх, ладонь, пальцы, поднятая, пять, рука, стоп, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | піднята рука: помірно темний тон шкіри | дай пʼять, долоня, піднята рука, помірно темний тон шкіри, рука, стояти, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σηκωμένο χέρι: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | κόλλα πέντε, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, πέντε, σηκωμένο χέρι, σταμάτα, σώμα, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | يد مرفوعة: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | برافو, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, توقف, جسد, ستوب, قبضة, كف, مرحبا, يد, يد مرفوعة |
| עברית (he) | כף יד מורמת: גוון עור כהה בינוני | גוון עור כהה בינוני, חמסה, יד, כיף, כף יד מורמת, מורמת, עצור |
| فارسی (fa) | دست بالابرده: پوست گندمی | احترام, بدن, بزن قدش, پوست گندمی, دست, دست بالا برده, دست بالابرده, سلام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | उठा हुआ हाथ: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | उठा हुआ हाथ, ठहरो, हल्की साँवली त्वचा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | অনুগ্রহ করে থামুন: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | অনুগ্রহ করে থামুন, জিও কাকা, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, শরীর, হাত, হাত তোলা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | telapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapat: warna kulit gelap-sedang | badan, berhenti, lima jari, rapat, stop, tangan, telapak tangan, telapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapat, tubuh, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bàn tay giơ lên: màu da tối trung bình | bàn tay giơ lên, dừng lại, màu da tối trung bình, tay |
| ไทย (th) | ตั้งฝ่ามือ: โทนผิวสีแทน | ตั้งฝ่ามือ, โทนผิวสีแทน, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 挙手: やや濃い肌色 | 5, ストップ, パー, やや濃い肌色, 手, 挙手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손바닥: 진한 갈색 피부 | 5, 다섯, 보, 보자기, 손들어, 손바닥, 진한 갈색 피부, 하이파이브 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 举起手: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 举手, 举起手, 举起的手, 五指, 停, 击掌, 手 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 舉手：褐皮膚 | 手, 招手, 擊掌, 舉手, 褐皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand in die lug: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsa a apagya: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): dorë e ngritur: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ወደ ላይ የተደረገ እጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): բարձրացված ձեռք․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ৰখক: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): qaldırımış əl: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): күтәрелгән ҡул: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): esku altxatua: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): паднятая рука: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): podignuta šaka: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Вдигната ръка: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): မြှောက်ပြထားသည့် လက် − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main levée : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 舉手: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 举手: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): mà aixecada: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏬᏰᎾ ᎠᏌᎵᏛᏅᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 舉手：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): ҫӗкленӗ ал тупанӗ: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): podignuta ruka: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): zvednutá ruka: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): løftet hånd: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): ülestõstetud käsi: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão erguida: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): hond: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): nakataas na kamay: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): nostettu käsi: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): man levantada: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): აწეული ხელი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ઉઠાવેલો હાથ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): ɗagaggen hannu: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): utha hua haath: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): felemelt kéz: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): lófi: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): aka ewèliri: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): lámh ardaithe: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): tangan diangkat: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): argaz: acebbub awreɣ: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಎತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қол көтеру: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول كوتەرۋ: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): លើកដៃ: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza kizamuye: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): उखलिल्लो हात: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол көтөрүү: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Yakom q’ab’aj: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຍົກມືຂຶ້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): pacelta roka: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): man arsâ: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): iškelta ranka: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pózwignjona ruka: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): héichgehalen Hand: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): крената рака: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): angkat tangan: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ഉയർത്തിയ കൈ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): id mgħollija: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): उंचावलेला हात: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): өргөсөн гар: бордуу
- Māori (mi): ringa tū: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): उठाइएको हात: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé Dẹm Réz Ọp: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo le išitšwego godimo: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): hevet hånd: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): heva hand: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ଉଠା ଯାଇଥିବା ହାତ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka ol ba’e: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): اوچت لاس: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਚੁੱਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੱਥ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اُوتے کیتا ہتھ: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): huqharisqa maki: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): mână ridicată: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): maun auzà: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh air a togail: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): подигнута рука: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): podignuta ruka: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ယုၵ်ႉမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مٿي ڪيل هٿ: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): එසවූූ අත: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): zdvihnutá ruka: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): dvignjena dlan: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan kor loo qaday: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mkono ulioinuliwa: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): дасти бардошта: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கையை உயர்த்தி காட்டுதல்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): ఎత్తిన చేయి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝተልዓለ ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): nima hiki ki ʻolunga: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le kwa godimo: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): galdyrylan el: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zběhnjena ruka: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بلند ہاتھ: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): كۆتۈرگەن قول: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘tarilgan qo‘l: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): llaw wedi codi: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): loxo bu jog: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): isandla esinyusiweyo: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Ọwọ Nina Soke: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɔwɔ Nina Soke: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): isandla esiphanyisiwe: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+270B U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `✋🏾` |
| CSS | `\270B\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{270B}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\u270B\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C 8B F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `270B D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%8B%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does ✋🏾 mean?

A raised open hand, palm out, with fingers together. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to volunteer or ask a question. Expect it with 'wait', 'me!', greetings and halting someone. ✋🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

✋🏾 is the ✋ raised hand emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's ✋ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+270B U+1F3FE.

### How do I type ✋🏾?

Find ✋ in your emoji keyboard by searching “raised 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+270B U+1F3FE. In HTML you can write ✋🏾

### When was ✋🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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