folding hand fan
A dark blue or purple-blue hand with fingers splayed, signaling to 'stop' or 'talk to the hand'. The hand is usually shown facing the viewer.
There are different emoji meanings for folding hand fan in different cultures:
- Western culture
- Widely understood as a 'stop' gesture, sometimes used colloquially as 'talk to the hand' to dismiss someone.
- East Asian culture
- Context-dependent; while 'stop' is recognized, the 'talk to the hand' dismissal is more specific to Western slang.
