What does ๐ค Pinched Fingers mean?
Fingertips pressed together and pointing up, usually imagined shaking up and down โ a well-known Italian hand gesture. In its home context it asks something like โwhat are you saying?โ or โwhat do you want?โ, often with exasperation. Online it doubles as a chefโs kiss for something perfect and as a playful nod to Italian passion. Use it when you are baffled, mildly outraged, or marveling at sheer perfection.
๐ค Pinched Fingers is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: partial fingers), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about gesture, hand, hold, huh, interrogation and patience.
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๐ค Pinched Fingers on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Pinched Fingers looks on each platform.
Pinched Fingers in every skin tone
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Pinched Fingers emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Pinched Fingers 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 :pinched_fingers:.
When was the Pinched Fingers emoji added?
๐ค Pinched Fingers was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Pinched Fingers 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 Pinched Fingers. The underlying code (U+1F90C) 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.