Thumbs Down: Light Skin Tone

👎🏻 is the light skin tone version of 👎 Thumbs Down. 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. 👎 is a thumbs down. It means disapproval or “no”.

See the default 👎 Thumbs Down emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

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

thumbs down

thumbs down: light skin tone

thumbs down: medium-light skin tone

thumbs down: medium skin tone

thumbs down: medium-dark skin tone

thumbs down: dark skin tone

Common uses

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Disapproving of an idea or result
Saying no

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: thumbs down: light skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F44E U+1F3FB
Hex: 1F44E 1F3FB
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: hand-fingers-closed
Skin tone: 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

-1 · bad · dislike · down · good · hand · light skin tone · no · nope · thumb · thumbs

How it looks

Thumbs Down: Light Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Thumbs Down: Light Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Thumbs Down: 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 👎🏻 thumbs down: light skin tone emoji mean?: 👎🏻 is the light skin tone version of 👎 Thumbs Down. 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. 👎 is a thumbs down. It means disapproval or “no”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 👎🏻?: U+1F44E U+1F3FB.
When was the 👎🏻 thumbs down: light skin tone emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. 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 “thumbs down”. 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.