First, the look: on Apple/iOS, the dark‑skin‑tone raised fist is a deep, rich brown, shown head‑on with a tight clench. The knuckles stand out, the thumb tucks over the fingers, and a short wrist stub grounds it. Soft, glossy highlights give it rounded 3D depth. No sleeve, no extras—just a clean, upright punch of presence.
In everyday posting it’s a multitasker. You’ll see it cheering a friend’s milestone, captioning a protest selfie, or adding defiant flair to “Monday vs. me” memes. It pairs naturally with a megaphone, fire, or flexed biceps for full hype, and it plays humor too: “opening this stubborn jar like a final boss ✊🏿,” an exaggerated victory fist for finding a parking spot, or the group chat agreeing on dinner like a mini revolution.
At its core, it signals unity, resolve, and shared power. The gesture echoes the Black Power salute and broader civil rights traditions, while also carrying everyday representation and pride. It shows up across timelines rallying around justice, mutual aid, and community wins—and slips into messages as a quick “we’ve got this,” “stand tall,” or “I’m with you.”
The Raised Fist emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2063 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Black Raised Fist |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ✊🏿 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ✊🏿 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ✊ 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ✊ 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 270a, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+270A, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9994, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9C 0x8A, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9C 8A, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 234 212, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x270A, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | 270a, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9994, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000270A 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 270A, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9994, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\u270A\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9c\x8a\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u270A\uD83C\uDFFF" |
