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🖐🏻Hand with Fingers Splayed: Light Skin Tone EmojiUnicode: 1F590 1F3FB
A hand with palm facing forward and fingers spread apart. Used to signal stop, high five, or a wave; also represents the number five. Popular on social media for emphasis or to say "talk to the hand."
Released in Released in 2015 with Unicode 8.0
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Meaning and Interpretation
🖐🏻 This emoji shows a hand with fingers spread wide and palm facing forward. It's commonly used to signal 'stop', 'halt', or 'talk to the hand' in texts and on social media. On Instagram and Twitter, it also works as a high five or a friendly wave. The light skin tone variant is one of several skin tone options available.
Symbolism
- Stop or halt
- High five or celebration
- Talk to the hand (dismissal)
- Number five
Common Usage Scenarios
- In a group chat to calm down a heated discussion.
- On Instagram Stories to react to a post with a stop gesture.
- In a text to indicate you're putting your foot down on a decision.
Usage Examples in Conversation
omg stop 🖐🏻 that's too much
High five! 🖐🏻 good game
I'm done with this argument 🖐🏻
Wait, let me think 🖐🏻 give me a sec
Five minutes? 🖐🏻 maybe ten
Usage Guidelines and Etiquette
- Use it to tell someone to stop or slow down in a chat.
- Pair it with a greeting to wave hello or goodbye.
- Combine with other hand emojis for emphasis in reactions.
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