What does ๐ Person Gesturing NO mean?
Crossing both arms into an X, this person makes a clear gesture for โnoโ. It says no way, not allowed, stop or absolutely not. The crossed-arms X is a familiar refusal in Japan, but the emoji is understood everywhere. People use it to refuse firmly, to veto an idea, or to playfully reject a suggestion. It comes in five skin tones.
๐ Person Gesturing NO is an emoji from the People & Body category (people gesturing), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about forbidden, gesture, hand, not and prohibit.
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๐ Person Gesturing NO on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person Gesturing NO looks on each platform.
Person Gesturing NO in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Person Gesturing NO emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :no_good:.
When was the Person Gesturing NO emoji added?
๐ Person Gesturing NO was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Person Gesturing NO emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐ , there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฝ ๐ ๐พ ๐ ๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Person Gesturing NO. The underlying code (U+1F645) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.