Pinching hand Emoji

People

A yellow hand with the thumb and index finger held closely together, leaving a small gap as if measuring something minuscule or holding an invisible object.

Usage Context

Used to describe something very small, indicate a tiny amount of something, or convey skepticism about the size or significance of an idea. It is often used in conversations about quantities, such as needing just a 🤏 bit of salt or suggesting someone has a 🤏 amount of patience.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0, this gesture quickly became a digital staple for visual shorthand, evolving from common hand gestures used to signal 'a little bit' in non-verbal communication.

Details

Glyph

🤏

Unicode

U+1F90F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f90f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD0F;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-partial

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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