The oncoming fist: medium-dark skin tone is the digital equivalent of a crisp fist bump flying straight at you—respect, hype, or a playful “put ’em up.” It’s used to seal a joke, back a bold take, or show solidarity without typing a whole speech. Think brofist energy, gamer victory vibes, and that “say less” approval when someone nails it. You’ll also see it used as a cheeky mock-threat—“square up (jk)”—or as a friendly nudge to rally the group chat.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a front-facing, foreshortened fist with the knuckles closest to the viewer, rendered in a warm medium-dark brown with smooth gradients. The thumb wraps along the side, knuckle ridges are clearly defined, and the shading gives it a slightly 3D, popping-off-the-screen look—no motion lines, just clean, bold styling. It’s unmistakable: four rounded knuckles marching toward you like they’re about to tap your screen.
Online, people pair it with 💥, 🔥, or 💯 for extra impact—boom, certified. It can come off supportive (“you got this”), celebratory (“let’s gooo”), or ironically tough-guy in meme replies. PewDiePie fans recognize the classic “brofist” sign-off spirit, and remote teams use it as a virtual dap in Slack or Zoom chats. Occasionally flirty or teasing, it reads like confident, positive pressure: close, friendly, and a little dramatic—in the best way.
The Fisted Hand Sign emoji combined with the Darker Brown flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the darker brown skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3425 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Deeper Brown Fisted Hand Sign |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
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| 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) | 1f44a, 1f3fe |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F44A, U+1F3FE |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128074, 127998 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x8A, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 8A, F0 9F 8F BE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 212, 360 237 217 276 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC4A, 0xD83C 0xDFFE |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc4a, d83cdffe |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56394, 55356 57342 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F44A 0x0001F3FE |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F44A, 01F3FE |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128074, 127998 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F44A\U0001F3FE" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x8a\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbe" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC4A\uD83C\uDFFE" |
