Call me hand: light skin tone Emoji
People
A hand gesture featuring an extended thumb and pinky finger with the remaining three fingers curled into the palm, shown with a pale skin tone. It mimics the shape of a traditional landline telephone handset held against the side of the head.
Usage Context
This gesture is a dual-purpose signal. While it is widely used to request a phone call, it is also synonymous with the 'shaka' sign, a casual greeting or gesture of approval rooted in surf culture. It is often paired with 📞 to emphasize a communication request or 🤙 to express a relaxed, 'hang loose' attitude.
History
Adopted into the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the expansion of skin tone modifiers, the sign stems from the 1970s and 80s when the 'hang loose' hand signal was popularized by surfers in Hawaii. Its specific interpretation as a telephone gesture emerged as cellular phones began to shrink, moving away from the physical shape of the classic handset.
Details
Glyph
🤙🏻
Unicode
U+1F919 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f919_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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