Palm shoving toward the right, it's the same 'back off' as the leftwards pushing hand, just aimed the other way. It signals rejection, refusal, or physically pushing something or someone away — the two versions exist mainly so the gesture can face whichever direction the sentence needs.
What 🫸 means
A hand pushing to the right, palm flat — the mirror twin of 🫷. The 🫸 Rightwards Pushing Hand emoji (Emoji 15.0, September 2022) works as a stop signal, a shove, or one half of the long-awaited two-hand high five.
Direction matters here: paired with its leftward partner it means connection; alone it means "halt" or "pushing through".
How and when to use it
- The universal "hold that thought": "🫸 before you order — I already got us pizza."
- High five a teammate properly: "We shipped it! 🫷🫸"
- Or for pushing through resistance: "Monday's not going to start itself 🫸"
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › hand-fingers-open
- Codepoints
U+1FAF8- Emoji version
- Emoji 15.0
- Shortcodes
:rightwards_pushing_hand:- Keywords
- block, five, halt, hand, high, hold, pause, push, pushing, refuse, rightward, rightwards, slap, stop, wait
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Skin tone variations
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🫸 Rightwards Pushing Hand or 🫠 Melting Face?