🫷 Leftwards pushing hand
🫷 Emoji meaning
Change of direction, rethinking, motivation, transformation.
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🫷 Meaning
The 🫷 emoji with the left hand often symbolizes a supportive gesture steering someone in a certain direction, opposite to the right-hand emoji. It can be used in conversations to express advice, recommendations, or approval, encouraging someone to reconsider a decision or consider an alternative action. Motivation and encouragement are important associations. Additionally, the 🫷 emoji can refer to moving forward or making progress in a particular matter, with a focus on backward movement or change. A derogatory meaning is also possible.
Examples
- Come on, let's do this! 🫷
- I'm trying something new. 🫷
- Should we change the plan again? 🫷
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Leftwards pushing hand vs rightwards pushing hand; same pushing gesture mirrored.
Same Shape
Pushing hand vs raised hand; both look like a flat palm turned outward, used for stop or blocking.
Variants
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Leftwards pushing hand” was approved as part of Unicode 15.0 in 2022 and added to Emoji 15.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 15.0 and Unicode 15.0 in 2022 there was 1 change.
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