Raising hands: dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two open palms held upward with fingers spread, rendered in a dark skin tone. The gesture conveys a sense of excitement, high-fives, or an expression of spiritual or emotional triumph.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent cheering, success, or the 'praise be' sentiment found in online communities. It serves as a visual substitute for applause or a celebratory wave. Users often pair it with 🎉 for party vibes or 🙏 when expressing gratitude or religious reverence.

History

The base gesture was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The capability to modify this emoji with skin tones was added in 2015 via the Unicode 8.0 update, following a massive push from the global tech community to make emoji representations more inclusive and diverse.

Details

Glyph

🙌🏿

Unicode

U+1F64C U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f64c_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE4C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

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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