What does ๐ Raising Hands mean?
Both hands thrown up high in celebration. It means hooray, finally, yes! or praise be, and it greets good news, achievements and moments of relief. Some read it as hands raised in worship, others as a double high five or โIโm inโ. It has more exuberance than ๐: clapping applauds someone else, while ๐ tends to celebrate right along with them.
๐ Raising Hands is an emoji from the People & Body category (two-hand gestures), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about celebration, gesture, hand, hooray, praise and raised.
Example messages
๐ Raising Hands on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Raising Hands looks on each platform.
Raising Hands in every skin tone
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Raising Hands emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Raising Hands emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ 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 :raised_hands:.
When was the Raising Hands emoji added?
๐ Raising Hands was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Raising Hands emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Raising Hands. The underlying code (U+1F64C) 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.