Emoji Chart
🤏U+1F90F

Pinching hand emoji

A hand with the thumb and index finger pressed close together, showing a tiny gap. Something small, a tiny amount, 'a little bit' or 'just a bit' is the meaning. Small sizes and amounts use it, as do jokes about how little of something there is.

Unicode name
pinching hand
Category
People & body, Hand signs
Added
Emoji 12.0 in 2019
Code points
U+1F90F
Shortcode
:pinching_hand:
Keywords
amount, bit, fingers, hand, little, pinching, small, sort

How it looks

🤏
Your device
Pinching hand emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Pinching hand emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Pinching hand emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

How to type 🤏

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “pinching hand”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “pinching hand”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “pinching hand”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “pinching hand”.
GitHub
Type :pinching_hand: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolmano pellizcandomano pellizcando, pellizco, poco, poquito
Françaispouce et index rapprochésà deux doigts, petit, petite, petite quantité, petite somme, peu, pouce et index rapprochés, un peu
DeutschWenig-GesteBetrag, Finger, gering, Geste, Hand, klein, Menge, unbedeutend, wenig, Wenig-Geste, winzig
Italianomano che fa il gesto del pizzicodita, gesto, mano che fa il gesto del pizzico, piccola quantità, piccolo, poco, un po’, un pochino
Portuguêsmão beliscandobeliscar, mão, pequena quantidade, pequeno, pouco, pouquinho
Nederlandshand met samengeknepen vingersbeetje, gebaar voor kleine hoeveelheid, hand, hand met samengeknepen vingers, klein, kleine hoeveelheid, vingers, weinig
Svenskanypande handliten mängd, nypande hand
Polskidłoń z gestem „trochę”ciut, dłoń z gestem „trochę”, mała ilość, mało, palce, szczypta, trochę
Türkçekıstırma hareketi yapan elazıcık, bir tutam, biraz, kıstırma hareketi yapan el, kıstırma hareketi yapan parmaklar, küçük, parmaklar
Русскийжест «мало»жест, мало, небольшое количество, немного, чуть-чуть
Українськажест «мало»дещиця, жест «мало», мало, небагато, невелика кількість, пальці, рука, трохи, щіпка
Ελληνικάχέρι που τσιμπάειδάχτυλα, κοντό, μικρή ποσότητα, μικρό, περίπου, χέρι που τσιμπάει
العربيةيد تشير بمقدار ضئيلأصابع, تافه, شوي, صغير, قليل, كمية صغيرة, مثال, مقدار صغير, مقدار ضئيل, يد, يد تشير بمقدار ضئيل
עבריתיד צובטתבכמות קטנה, טיפונת, מעט, צביטה, קטן, קצת, תנועת צביטה
فارسیدست در حال نیشگون گرفتنانگشتان, تقریبا, دست در حال نیشگون گرفتن, سر سوزن, کمی, کوچک, مقدار اندک, مقدار کم, نیشگون, یه ذره
हिन्दीथोड़ा साइतना, उंगलियाँ, एक चुटकी, चुटकी, चुटकी भर, छोटा, छोटा सा, थोड़ा, थोड़ा सा, हाथ
বাংলাচিমটি কাটা হাতঅল্প একটু, একটু খানি, এত টুকু, চিমটি কাটা হাত, সামান্য, হাত
Bahasa Indonesiatangan menjepitjepit, kecil, menjepit, sedikit, sejumlah kecil, sejumput, tangan menjepit
Tiếng Việttay chụmít, số lượng nhỏ, tay chụm
ไทยทำมือบีบนิ้วเข้าหากันจิ๋ว, ท่าทาง, นิดเดียว, บีบนิ้ว, ปริมาณ, มือ, เล็กน้อย
日本語つまんでいる指ちょっと, つまんでいる指, 少しだけ, 手, 指
한국어꼬집는 손꼬집는 손, 손가락, 적은 양을 나타내는 손, 조금, 한 꼬집
中文(简体)捏合的手势一点, 一点点, 小, 少, 少量, 手指, 捏合的手势, 捏着, 某种程度上
中文(繁體)捏一點點, 小, 少量, 很少, 手指, 捏
Names in 83 more languages
Afrikaansknypende hand
Akannsa a amia
Albaniandorështrënguar
Amharicእጅ መቆንጠጥ
Armenianպտղունց ցույց տվող ձեռք
Assameseটিপা মাৰি ৰখা হাতৰ চিহ্ন
Azerbaijanisıxan əl
Bashkirҡыҫыусы ҡул
Basqueatximurka egiten ari den eskua
Belarusianтры пальцы
Bosnianruka koja štipa
Bretonbiz-meud ha biz-yod o piñsat
Bulgarianръка с приближени палец и показалец
Burmeseလက်ချောင်းချင်း ဖိဟန်ပြခြင်း
Cantonese捏手
Catalanmà que pessiga
CherokeeᏗᏓᏇᏄᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ
Chuvash"сахал"алӑ сулни
Croatianruka koja štipa
Czechgesto „málo“
Danishlidt vist med tommel- og pegefinger
Estoniannäpistav käsi
European Portuguesemão a dar um beliscão
Faroesefingrar sum vísa ikki nógv
Filipinokamay na kumukurot
Finnishnipistävä käsi
Galicianxesto de "un chisco"
Georgianცოტა
Gujaratiચપટી વગાડતો હાથ
Hausatsuke yatsu biyu
Hindi (Latin)pinch dikhaata haath
Hungariancsippentő kéz
Icelandicklípandi hönd
Igbotuo aka
Irishlámh ag pinseáil
Javanesetangan njiwit
Kannadaಗಿಲ್ಲುವ ಕೈ
Kazakhсаусақпен қысып алу
Kazakh (Arabic)ساۋساقپەن قىسىپ الۋ
Khmerច្បិចដៃ
Konkaniचिमटो काडपी हात
Kyrgyzчычмыган кол
Laoຢິບ​ມື
Latvianroka rāda drusciņu
Lithuanianžnybianti ranka
Lower Sorbianmało-gesta
Macedonianдланка што штипе
Malaytangan mencubit
Malayalamകുറച്ച് എന്ന് കാണിക്കുന്ന കൈ
Marathiचिमटा काढणारा हात
Mongolianчимхэж буй гар
Nepaliचिमोट्ने हात
Nigerian PidginHand Wé De Pinch
Norwegianhånd som klyper
Norwegian Nynorskhand som klyp
Odiaଚିମୁଟିଥିବା ହାତ
Oromoharka qubni isaa walitti qabame
Pashtoنوکاري شکل لاس
Punjabiਚੂੰਢੀ ਜਿੰਨਾ
Quechuatʼipsisqa maki
Romanianmână cu două degete apropiate
Romanshmaun che mussa pitschen
Scottish Gaeliclàmh le sradag
Serbianрука штипа
Serbian (Latin)ruka štipa
Shanမိုဝ်းပိတ်း
Sindhiپنچنگ هٿ
Sinhalaඅත මිරිකීම
Slovakmálo
Slovenianroka s ščepcem
Somaliqanjaruufo
Swahilividole vinavyobana
Tamilகிள்ளுதல்
Teluguచిటికెడు చూపుతున్న చేయి
Tigrinyaመቐንጠጢ ኢድ
Tongannima fakamaʻopoʻopo
Turkmençümmükleýän el
Upper Sorbiangesta "mało"
Urduچٹکی لیتا ہوا ہاتھ
Uzbekchimduvchi qoʻl
Welshbysedd yn pinshio
Yorubaìka kíká
Zuluisandla esincinzayo

Codes

Code points
U+1F90F
HTML
🤏
CSS
\1F90F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F90F}
Python
\U0001F90F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A4 8F
UTF-16
D83E DD0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A4%8F

Questions

What does the 🤏 pinching hand emoji mean?

A hand with the thumb and index finger pressed close together, showing a tiny gap. Something small, a tiny amount, 'a little bit' or 'just a bit' is the meaning. Small sizes and amounts use it, as do jokes about how little of something there is.

How do I type the 🤏 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “pinching hand”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :pinching_hand:.

When was the 🤏 emoji added?

🤏 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

What is the Unicode code point for 🤏?

U+1F90F. In HTML you can write 🤏, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F90F}.

Does 🤏 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🤏🏻 light, 🤏🏼 medium-light, 🤏🏽 medium, 🤏🏾 medium-dark and 🤏🏿 dark.

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