Pinching hand: light skin tone Emoji
People
A hand with a light skin tone shown with the thumb and index finger held very close together, indicating a tiny amount or distance. The fingers are curved as if grasping a minuscule object or measuring a gap.
Usage Context
This gesture is the go-to way to suggest that something is small, brief, or scarce. People use it to signal a 'little bit' of something, to emphasize a minute detail, or to be sarcastic when pointing out how insignificant a problem or person is. It is frequently sent alongside 🤏 for emphasis or contrasted with 👌 to show a change in scale.
History
Added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0, this emoji was heavily requested to capture the universal 'small amount' hand gesture. It quickly became a staple in internet culture, often used in memes to mock someone’s ego or to highlight tiny quantities during online arguments.
Details
Glyph
🤏🏻
Unicode
U+1F90F U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f90f_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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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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