🫲🏼Leftwards Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone Emoji
The leftwards hand emoji depicts a hand facing left in a medium-light skin tone.
Unicode: U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC
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Meaning and Symbolism
The leftwards hand emoji is often used to indicate pointing, gesturing, or directing attention to something on the left side. It can also convey a sense of greeting, waving, or beckoning. The medium-light skin tone variation allows for more inclusive representation.
Popular Usage and Context
- Pointing to or highlighting content on the left side of a screen or image
- Gesturing or directing attention to something in a specific direction
- Greeting or waving in a friendly manner
Real-Life Message Examples
Check out the new feature I added 🫲🏼 on the left side of the app.
The museum entrance is 🫲🏼 this way, follow me!
🫲🏼 Hi there! Welcome to our group chat.
Use with Caution
- Situations where a more specific or contextual gesture is required
- Professional or formal contexts where emojis may be inappropriate
- Contexts where the skin tone variation could be misinterpreted or cause offense
- Scenarios where the emoji could be misconstrued as rude or aggressive
- Situations where a textual description or explanation would be clearer
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