Person tipping hand: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A person holding one hand out with the palm facing up, as if balancing a tray or indicating a service. The figure has a medium skin tone and maintains a poised, slightly tilted posture.
Usage Context
This emoji is the gold standard for projecting attitude, sass, or a 'whatever' mindset. It is widely used to signal sarcasm, playfulness, or to mimic a hair flip. It often appears in conversations where someone is being intentionally dramatic or dismissive, effectively pairing with emojis like 🙄 or 💅 to drive the point home.
History
Debuting in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the person tipping hand was initially intended to represent an information desk worker. However, internet users quickly recontextualized the gesture into a sign of haughty confidence, turning it into a staple of modern digital slang.
Details
Glyph
💁🏽
Unicode
U+1F481 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f481_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
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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