Meaning
Its official Unicode name is leftwards hand, filed under fingers open in the people & body group. Keyboards find it when you search for “hand”, “handshake”, “hold”, “left”, “leftward”, “leftwards”. It supports five skin-tone variants.
Mix 🫲 with another emoji
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leftwards hand + drooling face
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leftwards hand + sleeping face
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leftwards hand + disguised face
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leftwards hand + slightly smiling face
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