Leftwards Hand: Medium-light Skin Tone

🫲🏼 is the medium-light skin tone version of 🫲 Leftwards Hand. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.

See the default 🫲 Leftwards Hand emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

leftwards hand

leftwards hand: light skin tone

leftwards hand: medium-light skin tone

leftwards hand: medium skin tone

leftwards hand: medium-dark skin tone

leftwards hand: dark skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: leftwards hand: medium-light skin tone
Codepoint: U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC
Hex: 1FAF2 1F3FC
Emoji version: 14.0
Unicode version: 14.0
First released: 2021
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: hand-fingers-open
Skin tone: medium-light
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

hand · handshake · hold · left · leftward · leftwards · medium-light skin tone · reach · shake

How it looks

Leftwards Hand: Medium-light Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Leftwards Hand: Medium-light Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Leftwards Hand: Medium-light Skin Tone — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🫲🏼. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🫲🏼 leftwards hand: medium-light skin tone emoji mean?: 🫲🏼 is the medium-light skin tone version of 🫲 Leftwards Hand. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🫲🏼?: U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC.
When was the 🫲🏼 leftwards hand: medium-light skin tone emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 14.0, published in 2021, alongside Unicode 14.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🫲🏼 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “leftwards hand”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🫲🏼 from this page with one click.