What does ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone mean?

๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ is the Person Raising Hand emoji (๐Ÿ™‹) with a medium-light skin tone (๐Ÿผ, Fitzpatrick type 3) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.

One hand shooting up like an eager student, this person is ready to answer. It means โ€œme!โ€, โ€œI have a questionโ€, โ€œpick meโ€ or โ€œI volunteerโ€. People use it to claim a spot, sign up for something, or cheerfully say hi to a group. It is more enthusiastic than โœ‹, which can also mean stop. It comes in five skin tones.

๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (people gesturing), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about gesture, here, know, me, pick and question.

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๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more

The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone looks on each platform.

Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on Apple
AppleiPhone, iPad & Mac
Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on Google
GoogleAndroid & Gmail
Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on Microsoft
MicrosoftWindows & Teams
Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on X / Twitter
X / TwitterTwemoji

Person Raising Hand in every skin tone

Default (yellow)
Light skin tone
Medium-light skin tone
Medium skin tone
Medium-dark skin tone
Dark skin tone
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Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers

How do I copy and paste the Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji?

Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.

When was the Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji added?

๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.

Does the Person Raising Hand emoji come in different skin tones?

Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐Ÿ™‹, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.

Why does ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผ look different on my phone?

Every platform draws its own artwork for Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F64B U+1F3FC) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโ€™s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.

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