🤚 Raised Back of Hand Emoji: Meaning and Uses

The 🤚 emoji shows the back of a raised hand. It can mean stop, wait, I volunteer, or I have a question, though it is less conventional than the standard raised-hand emoji.

People often use it to interrupt lightly, admit something, or volunteer themselves in a group chat. It can also work as a virtual high five. Because the back of the hand faces outward, some users choose it mainly for visual variety or to match a preferred skin-tone gesture set.