Palm Down Hand

A flat hand held horizontally with the palm facing downward, as if pressing down or signaling “calm down.”

The 🫳 Palm Down Hand emoji conveys a sense of pressing, lowering, or calming. It may represent a hand motion to “slow down,” “keep it low,” or even the act of physically pushing something downward.

It can also suggest subtle dominance, gentle rejection, or quiet reassurance—depending on tone and pairing. It’s occasionally used in stylized emoji combinations to simulate actions like lowering volume or motioning “enough.”

In online usage, it’s often paired with other emojis in abstract or layered ways, though not yet as widespread in cultural meme language as other hand gestures.