What does 🤗 Smiling Face with Open Hands mean?
A smiling face with both hands held open, as if reaching in for a hug. It was originally named “hugging face”, and it still mostly means a warm, virtual hug: comfort, support, a welcome or a big thank-you. Some people read the open hands as excited jazz hands instead, which gives it a cheerful “ta-da!” side. Either way, the mood is open and affectionate.
🤗 Smiling Face with Open Hands is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category (faces with hands), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about hug and hugging.
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🤗 Smiling Face with Open Hands on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Smiling Face with Open Hands looks on each platform.
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Smiling Face with Open Hands emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Smiling Face with Open Hands 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 :hugging_face:.
When was the Smiling Face with Open Hands emoji added?
🤗 Smiling Face with Open Hands was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🤗 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Smiling Face with Open Hands. The underlying code (U+1F917) 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.