Person gesturing ok: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium-dark skin forming a large circle above their head with their arms. The stance mimics a dancer or a gymnast creating an 'O' shape, which is a common way to signal that everything is correct or satisfactory.

Usage Context

This gesture is the standard way to communicate 'OK' or 'all good' without typing out text. People often use it to signal approval, agreement, or to show they are feeling carefree. It serves as a human-powered version of the 👌 or 🆗 icons, adding a bit more physical energy to a conversation.

History

Based on the Japanese gesture of making an 'O' with the arms to indicate 'Okay' or 'Correct', this icon was integrated into the emoji set to bridge the gap between regional hand signals and universal digital communication. The skin tone modifiers were added in 2015 to allow for better representation across the global user base.

Details

Glyph

🙆🏾

Unicode

U+1F646 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f646_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE46;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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