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leftwards hand
The leftwards hand is an open palm extended to the left. Like its mirror image, it suggests offering, giving, or reaching out — and pairs with the rightwards hand to form a handshake or hand-off.
It belongs to the people & body group among the hand gestures, designed to pair with rightwards hand and related to handshake.
Reviewed by Chad Solomon · Updated 8 June 2026
- Character
- Codepoint
- U+1FAF2
- Version
- Emoji 14.0
- Year added
- 2021
- Category
- People & Body
- Tags
- handhandshakeholdleftleftwardleftwardsreachshake