Woman gesturing ok: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A woman making a large circular shape above her head by joining her hands together. Her skin is rendered in a medium-light tone, and she is positioned to clearly display the 'O' shape formed by her arms.
Usage Context
This gesture is a classic way to signal approval, agreement, or that everything is fine. Because the body language creates a circle, it is a literal representation of 'OK'. It is often used in digital chats to confirm plans or express excitement, sometimes sharing the same functional space as 👍 or 👌.
History
This emoji traces its roots to Japanese school culture and early internet message boards, where this specific overhead arm pose became the standard shorthand for the letter 'O' in 'OK'. It was officially added to the Unicode standard as part of the effort to bring iconic Japanese gesture language to the global stage.
Details
Glyph
🙆🏼♀
Unicode
U+1F646 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f646_1f3fc_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
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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