Man gesturing ok Emoji

People

A man forming an 'O' shape with his arms raised above his head, creating a circle with his hands to signal approval or agreement.

Usage Context

This gesture is widely recognized as the 'OK' sign, used to indicate that everything is fine or correct. People use it in messages to show enthusiasm or to confirm they understand an instruction. It is frequently sent alongside 👍 or 👌 to emphasize a positive response.

History

Based on a common physical gesture where a person circles their arms over their head to form the letter 'O' for 'OK', this emoji was added to the standard set to provide a human-centric alternative to the hand-only 👌. It became part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 as part of the initial wave of gendered emoji additions.

Details

Glyph

🙆‍♂

Unicode

U+1F646 U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f646_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE46;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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