Person tipping hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium-light skin tone holding one hand out with the palm facing up, as if balancing an invisible tray. The expression is often perceived as indifferent, helpful, or dismissive depending on the intent.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to for delivering a sarcastic retort, feigning innocence, or acting completely unbothered. It is frequently used in digital arguments or witty social media posts to convey a 'take it or leave it' attitude. It shares a similar vibe to the 🙄 rolling eyes or the 💅 nail polish emoji when someone wants to emphasize a sassy remark.
History
Originally appearing as a generic person tipping a hand in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this icon was based on early graphical representations of information desk clerks found in older Japanese telecom systems. It gained widespread popularity as the 'sassy girl' emoji before skin tone modifiers were added in 2015 to increase representation across the keyboard.
Details
Glyph
💁🏼
Unicode
U+1F481 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f481_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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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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