The thumbs down: dark skin tone emoji is the internet’s universal “nope,” perfect for shutting down bad takes, weak plot twists, or that cursed leftovers photo. It carries big “hard pass” energy—think movie critic pan, YouTube dislike vibes, or a polite-but-firm digital boo. On Apple/iOS, it’s a left-facing hand with the back of the hand visible and the thumb aimed straight down, rendered in a deep brown tone with soft shading and rounded edges, no sleeve, clean and glossy. The silhouette is instantly recognizable in timelines: curled fingers, compact wrist, and that emphatic downward point that says, “try again.”
People drop it to signal disapproval, disappointment, or mild troll-deterrent energy, and it pairs well with “this ain’t it, chief” and “boo, tomato, tomato.” It also works ironically—replying to a friend’s “I love pineapple on pizza” with a dramatic thumbs-down, or mock-villain style when rooting for the chaos option. In meme culture, it channels downvote energy without being platform-specific, from comment sections to group chats to “ratio incoming” threads. There’s a dash of gladiator-arena theater to it too (thanks, Hollywood’s thumbs-down trope), so stacking a few can turn a lukewarm take into a full-on “the crowd has spoken” moment. Choosing the dark skin tone makes the reaction feel personal and representative, matching your identity or the vibe of the convo.
The Thumbs Down Sign emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1875 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 | |
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| Previous Names: | Black Thumbs Down Sign |
| 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) | 1f44e, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F44E, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128078, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x8E, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 8E, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 216, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC4E, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc4e, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56398, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F44E 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F44E, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128078, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F44E\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x8e\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC4E\uD83C\uDFFF" |
