Man raising hand: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a light skin tone shown from the chest up with one arm raised high above his head. His hand is open and palm-forward, clearly mimicking the posture of a student trying to get a teacher's attention in a classroom.
Usage Context
This is the go-to emoji for volunteering, asking a question, or signaling presence in a group chat. It is frequently used to say 'I know the answer!' or 'Pick me!' during rapid-fire digital conversations. It shares a similar intent with the 🙋 or 🙋♂️ emojis but specifies gender and tone to better match the user.
History
The raising hand gesture was added to the Unicode standard to replicate the visual shorthand used in early chatrooms and message boards where users needed to show engagement. The skin tone variants were introduced in 2015 as part of a major push to make digital communication more representative of global diversity.
Details
Glyph
🙋🏻♂
Unicode
U+1F64B U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f64b_1f3fb_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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