Waving hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A yellow-toned human hand held upright with the palm facing forward, featuring five extended fingers and a subtle motion-blur effect to suggest movement. This version displays a medium-light skin tone.

Usage Context

Widely used to initiate or end a conversation. It serves as a digital equivalent to a friendly nod, a high-five, or the act of waving goodbye. It is frequently sent alongside 👋 or 🙋🏼 to emphasize social engagement in text chats.

History

The basic waving hand was part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Skin tone modifiers were added in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update, allowing users to select from the Fitzpatrick scale to better reflect human diversity in digital communications.

Details

Glyph

👋🏼

Unicode

U+1F44B U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44b_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4B;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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