Clapping hands: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A pair of human hands meeting in a clapping motion, rendered with a medium skin tone. The hands are tilted at an angle, conveying active movement and sound.

Usage Context

Used to express sincere praise, celebrate a win, or offer a sarcastic slow clap in response to a bad idea. It is a digital way to show appreciation in group chats or comment sections. It is frequently sent alongside 🎉 or 🙌 to turn up the energy in a conversation.

History

Clapping hands were added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The option to choose skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of the Emoji 1.0 update, aiming to provide more inclusive representation for users across different cultures and backgrounds.

Details

Glyph

👏🏽

Unicode

U+1F44F U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44f_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4F;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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