Open hands Emoji

People

A pair of yellow hands with palms facing forward and fingers spread wide, designed to look like the gesture of offering a hug or displaying open palms.

Usage Context

Widely used to convey warmth, openness, or a virtual embrace. It is frequently sent to show support or excitement, and in certain subcultures, it represents the 'jazz hands' gesture. It is often used alongside 🤗 to emphasize a friendly or welcoming mood.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial wave of human body parts that allowed for more expressive, non-verbal communication in mobile messaging. It evolved from basic text-based emoticons that attempted to depict physical movement through character arrangements.

Details

Glyph

👐

Unicode

U+1F450

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f450:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC50;

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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