What does ๐ค Call Me Hand mean?
Pinky and thumb out, other fingers curled. Held to the ear, it mimics a phone and means โcall meโ. Waved in the air, it becomes the Hawaiian shaka, a sign for hang loose, chill, thanks or all good that is closely tied to surf culture. Many people send it simply as a relaxed โcool, no worriesโ at the end of a message. It comes in five skin tones.
๐ค Call Me Hand is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: partial fingers), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about hang, loose and Shaka.
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๐ค Call Me Hand on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Call Me Hand looks on each platform.
Call Me Hand in every skin tone
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Call Me Hand emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Call Me Hand emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ค is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :call_me_hand:.
When was the Call Me Hand emoji added?
๐ค Call Me Hand was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Call Me Hand emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐ค, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ค๐ป ๐ค๐ผ ๐ค๐ฝ ๐ค๐พ ๐ค๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ค look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Call Me Hand. The underlying code (U+1F919) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.