Palm up hand Emoji
People
A flat, open hand with the palm facing upward and fingers slightly curled, as if holding an invisible object or waiting for something to be placed into it. The gesture mimics a realistic human hand motion used to solicit or present items.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent the act of asking for something, beckoning someone to come closer, or showing that you are offering assistance. It is often used in digital conversations to signify 'give me' or 'here you go,' functioning similarly to the 👐 or 🤲 emojis in specific conversational flows.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, this gesture was included to bridge the gap between static hand signs and the more dynamic, motion-oriented expressions becoming popular on social media platforms to express non-verbal communication.
Details
Glyph
🫴
Unicode
U+1FAF4
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf4:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-open
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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