Writing hand: light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand with a light skin tone gripping a pencil and positioned over a small piece of paper. It shows the hand mid-motion, indicating that writing is currently happening.

Usage Context

Used to signal that a person is busy drafting a message, signing a document, or writing a letter. It serves as a visual shorthand for being 'on the clock' or creating content, and is frequently used alongside 📝 or ✍️ to emphasize the act of taking notes or sending a formal request.

History

This emoji was introduced as part of the Unicode 7.0 update in 2014. The modifier for skin tone was added shortly after in Unicode 8.0, reflecting a move toward broader representation in early mobile messaging platforms that were expanding their emoji sets to allow for more personalized communication.

Details

Glyph

✍🏻

Unicode

U+270D U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u270d_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

✍&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-prop

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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