Middle finger emoji meaning

The middle finger emoji, also known as the flipping the bird or the bird emoji, is a hand gesture emoji that is used to express a variety of emotions and sentiments, such as anger, frustration, or defiance. It is depicted as a raised middle finger, which is the finger between the index finger and the ring finger, with the other fingers curled into the palm. The gesture is generally considered rude or offensive in most cultures, and is often used to show disrespect or defiance towards someone or something.

The middle finger emoji was approved in Unicode 7.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/12275