Ok hand: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A hand gesture featuring the thumb and index finger touching to form a circle, with the remaining three fingers extended upward. This specific version displays a medium skin tone.

Usage Context

Used globally to signal agreement, approval, or that everything is running perfectly. It often acts as a non-verbal 'okay' or a sign of quality, similar to how people use 👍 to signify a job well done or 👌 for general satisfaction.

History

The hand gesture originated in the West as a way to sign the letter 'O' or indicate perfection. It was incorporated into the Unicode standard in 2010. The option to modify the skin tone of this gesture was added in 2015 to provide better representation for users across different cultures and demographics.

Details

Glyph

👌🏽

Unicode

U+1F44C U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44c_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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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