Waving hand: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A human hand with fingers extended and palm facing forward, rendered with a medium-dark skin tone. It appears to be mid-motion, captured in a snapshot of a friendly wave.

Usage Context

This is the go-to sign for starting or ending a conversation. Whether you are saying hello to a friend or signaling that you are heading offline for the night, it works as a casual greeting or a firm goodbye. It is frequently sent alongside 👋 or ✌️ to add a personal, human touch to digital messages.

History

Based on the original waving hand design, this version was introduced as part of the Unicode Emoji Diversity project in 2015. These skin tone modifiers were added to ensure that digital communication better reflected the diverse global population using early mobile messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

👋🏾

Unicode

U+1F44B U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44b_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4B;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository