Raising hands: light skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands raised straight up with palms facing forward, featuring a light skin tone. The gesture conveys high energy, excitement, and a sense of shared victory.

Usage Context

Used to express joy, celebration, or a 'hallelujah' moment in response to good news. It is frequently sent alongside 🎉 or 🥳 to amplify the festive mood of a message.

History

The raising hands emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The skin tone modifiers were introduced later in 2015 as part of an effort to make digital communication more inclusive and reflective of diverse real-world identities.

Details

Glyph

🙌🏻

Unicode

U+1F64C U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f64c_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE4C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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