Thumbs up: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A raised hand with a clenched fist and the thumb pointing upward, rendered in a medium skin tone. It serves as a universal gesture of approval, agreement, or encouragement.
Usage Context
This is the go-to sign for signaling that something is acceptable, confirming receipt of a message, or indicating a positive status. It is frequently used in professional and casual chats to acknowledge tasks, similar to how one might use an OK Hand sign or a Check Mark Button to show completion.
History
While the thumbs-up gesture has ancient origins, its digital life exploded with the rise of social media platforms like Facebook in the late 2000s, where it became the primary shorthand for the 'Like' button. The addition of skin tone modifiers was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to allow for more diverse and personalized digital communication.
Details
Glyph
👍🏽
Unicode
U+1F44D U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f44d_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-closed
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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