Ok hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand gesture with the thumb and index finger touching to form a circle, while the other three fingers remain splayed upward. This specific version features a medium-light skin tone.

Usage Context

This gesture is a universal sign for 'okay' or 'all good.' It is frequently used to signal approval, agreement, or that something is functioning exactly as it should. While it often conveys positivity, it is best to use it carefully as its meaning can shift depending on the region or the specific cultural context in which it is used.

History

The basic hand sign was added to Unicode in 2010, but the ability to modify the skin tone was introduced in 2015 to make emojis more inclusive. The gesture has roots in American sign language and mid-century scuba diving hand signals, where it was used to confirm that a diver was safe underwater.

Details

Glyph

👌🏼

Unicode

U+1F44C U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44c_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-partial

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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