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Waving hand: light skin tone

Waving hand: light skin tone Emoji

People

A cartoon-style hand with palm facing forward, fingers spread, and a light skin tone. The hand is angled as if being held up to offer a friendly gesture to someone nearby or passing by.

Usage Context

This is the go-to emoji for starting a conversation with a quick 'hello' or ending one with a casual 'goodbye'. It is frequently used in chat apps to signal that you are heading out, often paired with slang like 👋 or 🏃.

History

The base waving hand was part of the original Unicode set, but the ability to modify it with skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of Unicode 8.0. This update was a major push toward making digital communication feel more personal and representative of the global population.

Details

Glyph
👋🏻
Unicode
U+1F44B U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f44b_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-open
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
byecyag2ggreetingsgtghandhelloheyhilaterouttiettfnttylwaveyoyoulight skingesturefriendlywaving

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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