โ๐ฝRaised Hand: Medium Skin Tone Emoji
What does โ๐ฝ Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone mean?
โ๐ฝ is the Raised Hand emoji (โ) with a medium skin tone (๐ฝ, Fitzpatrick type 4) 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.
Palm out, fingers together, held up flat โ the stop sign of hand gestures. It covers โwaitโ, โhold onโ and โenoughโ, and it also plays the part of a hand raised in class when someone volunteers or wants a turn to speak. Sent in reply to good news, it can read as a high five. In heated chats it can mean โtalk to the handโ. For the back-facing variant, see ๐ค.
โ๐ฝ Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: open fingers), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about 5, five, high and stop.
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โ๐ฝ Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Raised Hand in every skin tone
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Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and โ๐ฝ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.
When was the Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone emoji added?
โ๐ฝ Raised Hand: Medium 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 Raised Hand emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow โ, there are 5 skin tone versions: โ๐ป โ๐ผ โ๐ฝ โ๐พ โ๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does โ๐ฝ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+270B U+1F3FD) 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.