Smiling face with open hands Emoji

Smileys

A yellow smiling face with rosy cheeks and two open hands raised in front, mimicking the motion of a person reaching out for a warm embrace.

Usage Context

Used to convey affection, comfort, or support in digital conversations. It acts as a friendly digital gesture when someone shares good news, shows empathy, or says goodbye. It is frequently sent alongside ❤️ or 😊 to emphasize a sense of warmth or genuine care.

History

Introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, this emoji was added to provide a more specific way to express physical intimacy and support than standard happy faces. Its design draws from early internet emoticons like '(hug)' that users would type out to simulate human touch in text-only chat rooms.

Details

Glyph

🤗

Unicode

U+1F917

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f917:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD17;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-hand

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

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