Call me hand: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A hand gesture featuring an extended thumb and pinky finger with the middle three fingers curled down, rendered in a medium skin tone. It mimics the shape of a traditional telephone handset held against the ear.
Usage Context
This sign is widely used to signal a request for a phone call or to simply say 'call me.' In surf culture, it is known as the 'shaka' sign, signifying good vibes or relaxation, similar to the chill sentiment expressed by 😎.
History
The gesture originated in Hawaiian surf culture as a friendly greeting. As mobile phones became household items in the 90s, the gesture was recontextualized in North American pop culture as a universal shorthand for telephonic communication, eventually being added to the Unicode standard in 2016.
Details
Glyph
🤙🏽
Unicode
U+1F919 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f919_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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