The thumbs down: medium skin tone emoji is the internetโs universal hard pass, radiating pure downvote energy with a warm tan hue. Itโs the go-to for nope, yikes, cringe, L take, this ainโt it chief, or when a hot take is more lukewarm leftovers. People drop it in group chats to veto weekend plans, on Discord or Slack to shoot down ideas, and under posts when the vibes need to be escorted out. It can also be playful or sarcastic, like boo hiss but with a smile, or used dramatically when your team trades your favorite player for a bag of chips.
On Apple devices, itโs a right hand with the thumb pointing decisively downward, fingers tucked, and a neat blue sleeve cuff at the wrist. The medium skin tone gives it a rich, sun-kissed gradient that looks polished without being plasticky, with Appleโs soft shading and rounded edges you can spot at a glance. The angle feels natural, like a quick, confident nope IRL, and the silhouette reads instantly even at tiny sizes.
Culturally, it channels the age-old thumbs down of the gladiator-epic imagination (historians debate the specifics, but memes have spoken). On social media it doubles as a compact review: zero stars, would not recommend. Itโs equally at home shutting down pineapple-on-pizza discourse, calling out a flop era, or teasing a friend with a gentle not vibing. When words fail, ๐๐ฝ says it loud and clear without typing a novel.
The Thumbs Down Sign emoji combined with the Olive Toned flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the olive toned skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3422 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: | Olive Toned Thumbs Down Sign |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ๐๐ฝ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ๐๐ฝ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👎 🏽 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👎 🏽 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f44e, 1f3fd |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F44E, U+1F3FD |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128078, 127997 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x8E, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 8E, F0 9F 8F BD |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 216, 360 237 217 275 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC4E, 0xD83C 0xDFFD |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc4e, d83cdffd |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56398, 55356 57341 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F44E 0x0001F3FD |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F44E, 01F3FD |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128078, 127997 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F44E\U0001F3FD" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x8e\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC4E\uD83C\uDFFD" |
