# 🤚 Raised back of hand emoji

🤚 Raised back of hand is an emoji in the open hands set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: backhand.

- Emoji: 🤚
- Unicode name: raised back of hand
- Code points: U+1F91A
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :raised_back_of_hand:
- Keywords: back, backhand, hand, raised
- Page: https://emojichart.com/raised-back-of-hand-emoji

## What it means

The back of a raised open hand, held up with the palm facing away from you. It reads as a 'stop' or 'not interested' signal, a brush-off, or sometimes a casual wave. Refusing, pushing something away, or acting dismissive is the usual intent.

## Skin tones

- 🤚🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-back-of-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91A U+1F3FB
- 🤚🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-back-of-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91A U+1F3FC
- 🤚🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-back-of-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91A U+1F3FD
- 🤚🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-back-of-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91A U+1F3FE
- 🤚🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-back-of-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91A U+1F3FF

## How to type 🤚

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dorso de la mano | dorso, dorso de la mano, levantado, mano |
| Français (fr) | dos de main levée | dos de main levée, levée, main |
| Deutsch (de) | erhobene Hand von hinten | erhoben, erhobene Hand von hinten, erhobener Handrücken, Hand |
| Italiano (it) | dorso mano alzata | alzata, ciao, ciaone, dorso mano alzata, mano |
| Português (pt) | dorso da mão levantado | dorso, levantada, levantado, mão, para tudo, pare |
| Nederlands (nl) | achterkant van opgeheven hand | achterkant van opgeheven hand, achterzijde opgestoken hand, hand, hand omhoog, handrug, opgestoken, rug van hand, vijf vingers |
| Svenska (sv) | höjd handrygg | hand, höjd handrygg, lyft |
| Polski (pl) | wzniesiony grzbiet dłoni | cześć, powitanie, pozdrowienie, pożegnanie, stop, uniesiona dłoń, wzniesiony grzbiet dłoni |
| Türkçe (tr) | elinin tersini kaldırma | el, elinin tersi, elinin tersini kaldırma, kaldırma |
| Русский (ru) | поднятая рука | ладонь, поднятая, сторона, тыльная |
| Українська (uk) | піднята рука тильною стороною | вгору, долоня, пальці, рука, тильний, угору |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σηκωμένο χέρι ανάποδα | ανάποδη χεριού, σηκωμένη ανάποδη χεριού, σηκωμένο, σηκωμένο χέρι ανάποδα |
| العربية (ar) | ظهر يد مرفوعة | أنا, ظاهر يد, ظهر يد مرفوعة, كف, مرحبا, مرفوع, يد, يد مرفوعة |
| עברית (he) | גב יד פרוש | אהלן, גב יד, גב יד פרוש, חמסה, כיף, כלפי מעלה, עצור, שלום |
| فارسی (fa) | پشت دست روبه بالا | اجازه, بالا بردن دست, پشت دست, پشت دست روبه بالا, دست, دست باز, دست بالا بردن, موافقت |
| हिन्दी (hi) | उठे हुए हाथ के पीछे का भाग | उठा, उठा हुआ, उठे हुए हाथ के पीछे का भाग, पिछला हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাতের পেছন দিক | হাত, হাত তোলা, হাতের পেছন দিক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | angkat tangan | angkat tangan, berhenti, jangan, lima, lima jari, stop, tangan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mu bàn tay giơ lên | giơ lên, mu bàn tay, mu bàn tay giơ lên |
| ไทย (th) | ยกมือ | มือ, ยกมือ, หลังมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 手の甲 | 手, 手の甲 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손등 | 들어보이기, 손등, 손바닥 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 立起的手背 | 举起, 举起手背, 手, 手背, 立起, 立起的手背 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 豎起手掌 | 反手, 手, 手掌, 掌, 豎, 豎起手掌 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): handrug
- Akan (ak): nsa akyi a apagya
- Albanian (sq): dorë e ngritur nga ana e kurrizit
- Amharic (am): ወደ ኋል የተዘረጋ እጅ
- Armenian (hy): ձեռքի բարձրացրած ափ
- Assamese (as): হাতৰ পিছফাল
- Azerbaijani (az): yuxarı qalxan əl arxası
- Bashkir (ba): күтәрелгән ҡул арҡаһы
- Basque (eu): esku-azpia altxatuta
- Belarusian (be): паднятая далонь
- Bosnian (bs): ruka gore
- Breton (br): kein an dorn savet
- Bulgarian (bg): вдигната длан
- Burmese (my): လက်ပြန်ထောင်ပြဟန်
- Cantonese (yue): 反手舉起
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 反手举起
- Catalan (ca): revers de la mà
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏒᎵᏛᏅ ᎣᏂᏗᏢ ᎣᏬᏰᎾ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫӗкленӗ алӑ
- Croatian (hr): ruka gore
- Czech (cs): hřbet zvednuté ruky
- Danish (da): løftet håndryg
- Estonian (et): tõstetud käsi
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão com costas para fora
- Faroese (fo): handarbak
- Filipino (fil): nakataas na baliktad na kamay
- Finnish (fi): kämmenselkä koholla
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤩𞤢𞤽𞤼𞤭𞤼𞤢𞤲𞤭𞥅 𞤶𞤵𞥅𞤲𞤺𞤮
- Galician (gl): palma da man
- Georgian (ka): აწეული ხელის ზურგიდან
- Gujarati (gu): હાથ
- Hausa (ha): ɗagaggen bayan hannu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): uthe huye haath ki back side
- Hungarian (hu): kézfej
- Icelandic (is): upprétt hönd
- Igbo (ig): azụ aka nke ewelitere elu
- Irish (ga): cúl láimhe in airde
- Javanese (jv): tangan diangkat nuduhake gegere bae
- Kalaallisut (kl): løftet baghånd
- Kannada (kn): ಅಂಗೈ ಹಿಂಭಾಗ ತೋರಿಸು
- Kazakh (kk): алақан сыртын көрсету
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): الاقان سىرتىن كورسەتۋ
- Khmer (km): ខ្នងដៃលាឡើង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): inyuma y’ikiganza kizamuye
- Konkani (kok): उखलिल्ल्या हाताची फाट
- Kyrgyz (ky): көтөрүлгөн алакан
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Yakom upam q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ຍົກຫຼັງມືຂຶ້ນ
- Latvian (lv): pacelta plauksta
- Lithuanian (lt): pakelta viršutinė plaštakos pusė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pózwignjona ruka wót slědka
- Luxembourgish (lb): héichgehalenen Handréck
- Macedonian (mk): подигната дланка
- Malay (ms): angkat belakang tapak tangan
- Malayalam (ml): ഉയർത്തിയ പുറം കൈ
- Maltese (mt): id minn wara mgħollija
- Marathi (mr): उचलून हाताची मागची बाजू दाखवणे
- Mongolian (mn): өргөсөн гарын ар
- Māori (mi): tāmuri tū
- Nepali (ne): पछाडिबाट उठेको हात
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Im Bak Wé Dẹm Réz Ọp
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo le emišeditšwego morago
- Norwegian (no): løftet håndbak
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): løfta handbak
- Odia (or): ଉଠା ଯାଇଥିବା ହାତ ପଛ
- Oromo (om): duuba harkaa ol baasuu
- Pashto (ps): لاس شاخوا اچوتول
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਪੁੱਠਾ ਹੱਥ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ دا ابھریا پچھلا پاسا
- Quechua (qu): juqharisqa maki
- Romanian (ro): dosul palmei ridicat
- Romansh (rm): dies dal maun auzà
- Santali (sat): ᱛᱤ ᱛᱩᱞ ᱨᱟᱠᱟᱵ
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cùl làimhe air a thogail
- Serbian (sr): подигнут длан
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): podignut dlan
- Shan (shn): ယုၵ်ႉလင်မိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): هٿ جي پٺ مٿي ڪيل
- Sinhala (si): පිටි අත ඔසවන ලදි
- Slovak (sk): zdvihnutá ruka spakruky
- Slovenian (sl): dvignjena hrbtna stran dlani
- Somali (so): kor u qaaday gacanta gadaal
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): dorso de la mano levantada
- Swahili (sw): kuinua mkono
- Tajik (tg): пушти дасти бардошташуда
- Tamil (ta): உயர்த்திய கை
- Telugu (te): పైకెత్తి చూపిస్తున్న చేతి వెనుకవైపు
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣብ ድሕሪት ናይ ኢድ ዝተልዓለ
- Tongan (to): tuʻanima hiki ki ʻolunga
- Tswana (tn): lemorago le le kwa godimo la letsogo
- Turkmen (tk): galdyrylan el arkasy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zběhnjena ruka wotzady
- Urdu (ur): کھڑے ہاتھ کی پشت
- Uyghur (ug): كۆتۈرگەن قولنىڭ ئارقىسى
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘tarilgan kaft
- Welsh (cy): cefn llaw wedi’i chodi
- Wolof (wo): ginaawu loxo bu jog
- Xhosa (xh): umva wesandla onyusiweyo
- Yoruba (yo): Na Ẹhin Ọwọ Soke
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Na Ɛhin Ɔwɔ Soke
- Zulu (zu): thula

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F91A` |
| HTML | `🤚` |
| CSS | `\1F91A` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F91A}` |
| Python | `\U0001F91A` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 9A` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD1A` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%9A` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤚 raised back of hand emoji mean?

The back of a raised open hand, held up with the palm facing away from you. It reads as a 'stop' or 'not interested' signal, a brush-off, or sometimes a casual wave. Refusing, pushing something away, or acting dismissive is the usual intent.

### How do I type the 🤚 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “raised back of hand”. 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 :raised_back_of_hand:.

### When was the 🤚 emoji added?

🤚 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🤚?

U+1F91A. In HTML you can write 🤚, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F91A}.

### 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/raised-back-of-hand-emoji