Meaning
A man with his hand raised in a clear, decisive "no" gesture—often with a face that conveys firmness, disapproval, or determination. The posture is unmistakably a rejection or refusal, leaving no room for misinterpretation.
Use it when you want to decline something, strongly disagree with a statement, or shut down a bad idea. The gendered variant adds a layer of specificity—some people prefer to use the male or female version depending on context or personal representation.
It works in arguments ("no, that's wrong"), when turning down requests ("no thanks, I'm good"), or for humorous rejection. The gesture carries weight and finality compared to softer language.
The male variant was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 4.0 in 2016, alongside other gendered person-gesture emoji, allowing people to choose representations that felt right for their communication style.
Common Uses
- • Firmly declining something
- • Disagreeing strongly with a statement
- • Rejecting a suggestion or idea
- • Setting a hard boundary
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Gendered gesture emoji like this one let people mirror their own identity when expressing themselves, which many users find more authentic and representative in digital communication.
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Platform Shortcodes
:ng_man: :man-gesturing-no: :ng_man: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🙅‍♂️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🙅‍♂️ |
| CSS | \1F645\200D\2642\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDE45\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F645\U0000200D\U00002642\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83D\uDE45\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F645}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F645}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2r7p-6bx-7k2-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%99%85%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x85 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x82 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🙅♂️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পুরুষের দেখানো ঠিক নেই অঙ্গিভঙ্গি |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 禁止手势男 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 男生手比叉 |
| Danish | mand signalerer nej |
| Dutch | man die nee-gebaar maakt |
| English | man gesturing NO |
| English (UK) | man gesturing NO |
| Estonian | eitavat žesti näitav mees |
| Finnish | ei käy -merkkiä näyttävä mies |
| French | homme faisant un geste d’interdiction |
| German | Mann mit überkreuzten Armen |
| Hindi | नहीं कहता हुआ पुरुष |
| Hungarian | tiltást mutató férfi |
| Italian | uomo con gesto di rifiuto |
| Japanese | ダメのポーズをする男 |
| Korean | 안 된다는 제스처를 하는 남자 |
| Lithuanian | draudžiantis vyras |
| Malay | lelaki memberi isyarat tidak ok |
| Norwegian | mann som gestikulerer NEI |
| Polish | mężczyzna pokazujący gest NIE |
| Portuguese | homem fazendo gesto de “não” |
| Russian | мужчина против |
| Spanish | hombre haciendo el gesto de "no" |
| Spanish (Mexico) | hombre haciendo el gesto de "no" |
| Swedish | man gestikulerar NEJ |
| Thai | ผู้ชายทำท่าไม่โอเค |
| Ukrainian | чоловік, що жестом показує «ні» |
| Vietnamese | người đàn ông ra hiệu phản đối |