Waving hand Emoji

People

A yellow hand with fingers spread, palm facing forward, captured in a side-to-side motion. This gesture serves as a universal sign for greeting someone or signaling a departure.

Usage Context

This is the go-to emoji for starting a conversation with a quick 'hi' or ending one with a 'goodbye.' It is frequently used in chat threads to acknowledge someone entering a room or to wave off a friend at the end of a long message chain. It is often paired with 👋-adjacent gestures like 🖐 or 🙋.

History

Part of the original Unicode 6.0 set released in 2010, the waving hand was modeled after the distinct hand-waving animations found in early Japanese mobile carrier emoji sets, which were designed to add personality to basic text messages.

Details

Glyph

👋

Unicode

U+1F44B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4B;

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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