Person raising hand Emoji

People

A person with one arm raised high above their head, palm open and facing forward. The figure is shown from the torso up, maintaining a neutral, eager expression.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal a desire to speak, ask a question in a digital classroom, or volunteer for a task. It is the go-to emoji for grabbing attention in group chats, often used alongside 🙋‍♀️ or 🙋‍♂️ to reflect specific gender identities, or paired with 👋 to indicate a greeting.

History

Part of the original wave of emoji integrated into the Unicode Standard in 2010, this gesture mirrors the universal physical action used in schools and meetings to request the floor. It was adapted from early Japanese mobile carrier sets where it served as a quick way to represent classroom interaction in text messages.

Details

Glyph

🙋

Unicode

U+1F64B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f64b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE4B;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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