🫳️ Palm down hand emoji
HTML
🫳
Unicode
U+1FAF3
What is 🫳️ called?
🫳️ is called the Palm down hand emoji.
Commonly called the lowering hand, drop-it hand, or palm-down gesture. “Calm down hand” describes one use, but the emoji can also dismiss, place, or press.
What does 🫳️ mean?
🫳 shows a flat hand with its palm facing downward. It can mean put something down, drop it, lower a level, dismiss an idea, shoo something away, calm a situation, or press downward.
The exact action is supplied by the message because the static hand does not show an object. It contrasts with 🫴 Palm up hand, which more naturally offers, receives, or beckons.
Other meanings
Drop, lower, dismiss, shoo, settle down, press, place an item, reduce a setting, or keep something under control.
Example Usage
Please lower the volume a little 🫳
Drop the keys onto the table 🫳
More details
Officially named palm down hand. Its code point is U+1FAF3, introduced in Emoji 14.0. It supports the standard five skin-tone modifiers.
Variants
Related emoji
Hand gestures emojis
Visual description
A horizontal hand seen from above or the side, fingers extended and palm surface directed toward the ground.
Wrist angle and thumb visibility vary by platform. Default colour is yellow, with five skin-tone variants.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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