Selfie Emoji

People

A cartoon hand holding a smartphone at an angle, displaying the screen facing the viewer. The perspective captures the classic arm-extended pose used to take a photo of oneself.

Usage Context

Used to signal that you are taking a photo, recording a video, or simply showing off your current location or activity. It is frequently sent alongside 📸 or 🤳 to acknowledge that someone is currently in front of a lens.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016, this emoji reflects the cultural explosion of smartphone photography and social media trends that made the front-facing camera a staple of modern communication.

Details

Glyph

🤳

Unicode

U+1F933

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f933:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD33;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hand-prop

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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