Pinching hand Emoji

People

A yellow hand with the thumb and index finger held closely together, leaving a small gap as if measuring something minuscule or holding an invisible object.

Usage Context

Used to describe something very small, indicate a tiny amount of something, or convey skepticism about the size or significance of an idea. It is often used in conversations about quantities, such as needing just a 🤏 bit of salt or suggesting someone has a 🤏 amount of patience.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0, this gesture quickly became a digital staple for visual shorthand, evolving from common hand gestures used to signal 'a little bit' in non-verbal communication.

Details

Glyph

🤏

Unicode

U+1F90F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f90f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD0F;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-partial

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository