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🫸 rightwards pushing hand Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

Quick info

Unicode
U+1FAF8
Shortcode
:rightwards-pushing-hand:
Category
People & Body
Subcategory
fingers open
Added in
Unicode 15.0
Also known as
right high five, stop hand right, right push, shove right

What Does the rightwards pushing hand Emoji 🫸 Mean?

Mirror image of its leftward sibling, the 🫸 rightwards pushing hand shows an open palm with fingers extended pushing to the right. Added in Unicode 15.0, it was designed to pair with 🫷 to finally give emoji users a proper high-five gesture — something the keyboard had been missing for years. Used solo, it conveys halting, pushing back, or refusing something, like 'Not today 🫸' or 'Get that away from me 🫸'.

The most popular use, though, is in combination: 🫷🫸 puts two palms together for a celebratory slap, perfect for cheering on a friend's good news or marking a small win. People also use it in 'fending off' jokes, like pushing away Monday mornings, ex-text temptations, or extra slices of cake. It's become a favorite in group chats where excitement deserves more than just a clap emoji 👏.

The pushing pair has also found use in fitness and dance content, where the motion feels appropriate for resistance training or choreography descriptions. While it might look simple, this emoji adds a sense of physical motion that static gestures can't quite capture. Whether you're high-fiving across the internet or symbolically shoving away bad vibes, the rightwards pushing hand has earned its place in the everyday emoji rotation.

How to Use 🫸 rightwards pushing hand Emoji

“High five! 🫷🫸”
“Get away from me Monday 🫸”
“Pushing all my excuses aside 🫸”
Technical Details
UnicodeU+1FAF8
HTML Entity🫸
CSS Code\1FAF8
Shortcode:rightwards-pushing-hand:
Keywordsblock, five, halt, hand, high, hold, pause, push, pushing, refuse, rightward, rightwards, slap, stop, wait
Unicode Version15.0

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 🫸 mean?

It depicts a hand pushing rightward, used to block, halt, or shove. Pair it with 🫷 to create a high-five gesture between two emoji hands.

When was the high-five emoji added?

The pushing hands pair (🫷 and 🫸) were both added in Unicode 15.0, released in 2022, and together they finally gave users a way to send a proper emoji high-five.