middle finger: medium skin tone
An emoji showing the back of a hand with the index finger and thumb extended and the other three fingers curled inward. The hand is in a medium skin tone.
There are different emoji meanings for middle finger: medium skin tone in different cultures:
- Western culture
- Often used literally to describe taking or holding something small, or a 'money' gesture (e.g., 'paying money').
- East Asian culture
- Can represent 'money' or 'costs' more explicitly than in Western culture, sometimes implying something is expensive or that one is spending money.
- Mediterranean/South American
- In some regions, this gesture can be a more aggressive or dismissive sign, similar to 'money talks' or 'you're greedy', or even a form of insult in certain contexts, though less commonly with this specific emoji.
