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Waving hand: medium-light skin tone

Waving hand: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A yellow-toned human hand held upright with the palm facing forward, featuring five extended fingers and a subtle motion-blur effect to suggest movement. This version displays a medium-light skin tone.

Usage Context

Widely used to initiate or end a conversation. It serves as a digital equivalent to a friendly nod, a high-five, or the act of waving goodbye. It is frequently sent alongside 👋 or 🙋🏼 to emphasize social engagement in text chats.

History

The basic waving hand was part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Skin tone modifiers were added in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update, allowing users to select from the Fitzpatrick scale to better reflect human diversity in digital communications.

Details

Glyph
👋🏼
Unicode
U+1F44B U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f44b_1f3fc:
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
byecyag2ggreetingsgtghandhelloheyhilaterouttiettfnttylwaveyoyouwaving handgesturegoodbyesalutationmedium-light skin tone

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.

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