Waving hand: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A human hand held upright with the palm facing forward, fingers splayed, and a medium skin tone. It captures the universal gesture of waving to initiate a greeting or signal a departure.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for saying hello when starting a chat or goodbye when signing off. Its versatile nature makes it perfect for casual conversations, and it is frequently used alongside other hand gestures like 👋 or ✌️ to convey a friendly, relaxed vibe.

History

While the basic waving hand has been a staple of digital communication since Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the ability to modify the skin tone was added in 2015. This update was part of a major industry-wide push to make digital iconography better reflect the diversity of global users, moving away from the default bright yellow 'Simpson-style' tone.

Details

Glyph

👋🏽

Unicode

U+1F44B U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f44b_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC4B;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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