woman raising hand: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F64B 1F3FF 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person gesturing 'ok' with a dark skin tone, specifically a woman, and a crossed-out symbol over it, indicating 'no' or 'not ok'. This specific emoji depicts a woman with dark skin gesturing 'no' as a person.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents disapproval, 'no,' 'not good,' 'don't do that,' or a general negative response to an action or proposal, specifically from a person, and in this case, a woman.
Backstory
The “Person Gesturing OK” (🙋) emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The skin tone modifiers (🏿 for dark skin tone) were added in Unicode 8.0 (2015). The 'woman' variation (♀️) and the 'no entry' sign (⛔) are part of later compositions, forming a sequence to create more specific representations, like 'no person gesturing ok' or 'woman gesturing no'. This is a ZWJ sequence combining a woman with dark skin with a crossed-out symbol.
Usage Examples
- Expressing disapproval: 'No, that's not how we do it 🙋🏿♀️'
- Rejecting an idea: 'That plan is a no-go 🙋🏿♀️'
- Indicating something is forbidden for a woman: 'Women are not allowed to do that 🙋🏿♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to express disapproval, agreement to something being 'not okay,' or a simple 'no.'
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often to convey disagreement or to indicate something is forbidden or incorrect.