Waving hand: light skin tone Emoji

People

A cartoon-style hand with palm facing forward, fingers spread, and a light skin tone. The hand is angled as if being held up to offer a friendly gesture to someone nearby or passing by.

Usage Context

This is the go-to emoji for starting a conversation with a quick 'hello' or ending one with a casual 'goodbye'. It is frequently used in chat apps to signal that you are heading out, often paired with slang like 👋 or 🏃.

History

The base waving hand was part of the original Unicode set, but the ability to modify it with skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of Unicode 8.0. This update was a major push toward making digital communication feel more personal and representative of the global population.

Details

Glyph

👋🏻

Unicode

U+1F44B U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44b_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4B;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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