Palm up hand Emoji

People

A flat, open hand with the palm facing upward and fingers slightly curled, as if holding an invisible object or waiting for something to be placed into it. The gesture mimics a realistic human hand motion used to solicit or present items.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to represent the act of asking for something, beckoning someone to come closer, or showing that you are offering assistance. It is often used in digital conversations to signify 'give me' or 'here you go,' functioning similarly to the 👐 or 🤲 emojis in specific conversational flows.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, this gesture was included to bridge the gap between static hand signs and the more dynamic, motion-oriented expressions becoming popular on social media platforms to express non-verbal communication.

Details

Glyph

🫴

Unicode

U+1FAF4

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf4:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF4;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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