🙅♂️ Man gesturing NO emoji
HTML
🙅,8205,9794,65039;
Unicode
U+1F645 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
What is 🙅♂️ called?
🙅♂️ is called the Man gesturing NO emoji.
Often called the saying-no man, no-gesture man, or refusing man. These are natural descriptions of the gesture, not separate Unicode characters.
What does 🙅♂️ mean?
🙅♂️ is officially named man gesturing NO. It shows a man crossing both raised arms into a large X and commonly communicates refusal, rejection, stopping, prohibition, or setting a clear boundary.
Use it for saying no, declining a request, marking something forbidden, stopping an action, or rejecting a proposal. This sequence explicitly selects a man; use the neutral version when gender is irrelevant. Related choices include 🙅 Person gesturing no and 🙅♀️ Woman gesturing no.
Other meanings
It can mean saying no, refusal, rejection, stop, not allowed, forbidden, decline, boundary, or disapproval.
Example Usage
He said no spoilers before Friday 🙅♂️
The man refused the unsafe request 🙅♂️
More details
Officially named man gesturing NO. Its fully qualified sequence is U+1F645 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. It was introduced in Emoji 4.0. This ZWJ sequence combines the base gesture with the male sign and supports skin-tone modifiers.
Related emoji
Gestures emojis
Visual description
A male-presenting person is shown with both arms raised and crossed above or in front of the head to form an X.
The posture is the defining clue; hair, clothing, and facial details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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