The man gesturing NO is your instant “hard pass” in emoji form—forearms crossed into a big X like a reality show judge smashing the buzzer. It’s perfect for shutting down bad takes, unwanted DMs, sketchy plans, or that group chat idea that screams chaos. People drop it for boundary-setting, playful sass, and meme replies like “Not today, capitalism” or “Me when my alarm goes off.” There’s also a wink of Japanese pop culture here: the crossed-arms X echoes the batsu sign, a TV-game-show staple meaning “wrong” or “nope.”
On Apple/iOS, expect a front-facing, bust-length, male-presenting character with short hair, a neutral-but-firm expression, and arms crisply crossed in front of the chest. The default skin is the familiar emoji yellow (with selectable tones), and the long-sleeve shirt lands in a bold, solid color in Apple’s soft-gradient style—clean, bright, and instantly readable at tiny sizes. It’s dramatic enough for a meme screenshot, yet polite enough to decline a calendar invite without starting a war. Use it sarcastically, flirt-blockingly, or as the ultimate “stop right there” in comment threads—it’s the emoji equivalent of putting the cone of shame on bad ideas.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1018 of 2393 |
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| 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: | Man Gesturing NO man gesturing NO |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🙅♂️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 4 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🙅♂️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🙅 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🙅 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f645, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F645, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128581, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x85, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 99 85, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 231 205, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE45, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde45, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56901, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F645 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F645, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128581, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F645\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x99\x85\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE45\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
