🤚 Raised Back of Hand
A raised hand, showing the reverse side of the palm. May be paired with the forward-facing raised hand emoji.
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🤚 Raised Back of Hand
Also known as: Backhand
Unicode: U+1F91A
Image Variants
3D
Color
Flat
High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version: 3.0
Unicode Version: 9.0
Keywords
backhandraisedraised back of hand
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| github | :raised_back_of_hand: | |
| slack | :raised_back_of_hand: | |
| discord | :back_of_hand: |
How It's Used in Language
Adjectives
- Increased, particularly above a normal level.
- Increased in amount or degree
Verbs
- Raise the level or amount of something
Nouns
- A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
- The backhand is a tennis shot in which one swings the racquet around one's body with the back of the hand preceding the palm.
- A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
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