What does ✋ Raised Hand mean?
Palm out, fingers together, held up flat – the stop sign of hand gestures. It covers “wait”, “hold on” and “enough”, 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 “talk to the hand”. For the back-facing variant, see 🤚.
✋ Raised Hand is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: open fingers), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about 5, five, high and stop.
Example messages
✋ Raised Hand on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Raised Hand looks on each platform.
Raised Hand in every skin tone
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Raised Hand emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Raised Hand emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ✋ 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 :hand:.
When was the Raised Hand emoji added?
✋ Raised Hand was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. 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 ✋, there are 5 skin tone versions: ✋🏻 ✋🏼 ✋🏽 ✋🏾 ✋🏿. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ✋ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Raised Hand. The underlying code (U+270B) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.