U+1FAF3 · emoji since 2021
The palm down hand reaches out with the palm facing the ground. It means dropping something, a gentle gesture, and handing down.
It pairs with the palm up hand for offering, and tags a calm, settling motion of here, take this.
In texting, 🫳 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 🫳 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Palm Down Hand emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the palm down hand emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🫳 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
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