Raising hands: medium skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands held high above the head, palms facing outward, rendered here with a medium skin tone. This gesture mimics the physical act of throwing one's arms up in a sudden burst of excitement or triumph.

Usage Context

This is a go-to choice for celebrating a big win, showing support during a performance, or expressing a sense of collective joy. It is frequently sent alongside 🎉 or ✨ to emphasize enthusiasm. The medium skin tone allows users to better represent their identity while sharing high-energy updates or shout-outs.

History

Based on the standard 'Person Raising Both Hands in Celebration' gesture, this variant was added as part of the skin tone modifier system in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. This update was a major milestone for digital messaging, allowing the diverse global user base to move beyond the default yellow-toned avatars.

Details

Glyph

🙌🏽

Unicode

U+1F64C U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f64c_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE4C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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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