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
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
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | mano pellizcando | mano pellizcando, pellizco, poco, poquito |
| Français | pouce et index rapprochés | à deux doigts, petit, petite, petite quantité, petite somme, peu, pouce et index rapprochés, un peu |
| Deutsch | Wenig-Geste | Betrag, Finger, gering, Geste, Hand, klein, Menge, unbedeutend, wenig, Wenig-Geste, winzig |
| Italiano | mano che fa il gesto del pizzico | dita, gesto, mano che fa il gesto del pizzico, piccola quantità, piccolo, poco, un po’, un pochino |
| Português | mão beliscando | beliscar, mão, pequena quantidade, pequeno, pouco, pouquinho |
| Nederlands | hand met samengeknepen vingers | beetje, gebaar voor kleine hoeveelheid, hand, hand met samengeknepen vingers, klein, kleine hoeveelheid, vingers, weinig |
| Svenska | nypande hand | liten mängd, nypande hand |
| Polski | dłoń z gestem „trochę” | ciut, dłoń z gestem „trochę”, mała ilość, mało, palce, szczypta, trochę |
| Türkçe | kıstırma hareketi yapan el | azıcık, bir tutam, biraz, kıstırma hareketi yapan el, kıstırma hareketi yapan parmaklar, küçük, parmaklar |
| Русский | жест «мало» | жест, мало, небольшое количество, немного, чуть-чуть |
| Українська | жест «мало» | дещиця, жест «мало», мало, небагато, невелика кількість, пальці, рука, трохи, щіпка |
| Ελληνικά | χέρι που τσιμπάει | δάχτυλα, κοντό, μικρή ποσότητα, μικρό, περίπου, χέρι που τσιμπάει |
| العربية | يد تشير بمقدار ضئيل | أصابع, تافه, شوي, صغير, قليل, كمية صغيرة, مثال, مقدار صغير, مقدار ضئيل, يد, يد تشير بمقدار ضئيل |
| עברית | יד צובטת | בכמות קטנה, טיפונת, מעט, צביטה, קטן, קצת, תנועת צביטה |
| فارسی | دست در حال نیشگون گرفتن | انگشتان, تقریبا, دست در حال نیشگون گرفتن, سر سوزن, کمی, کوچک, مقدار اندک, مقدار کم, نیشگون, یه ذره |
| हिन्दी | थोड़ा सा | इतना, उंगलियाँ, एक चुटकी, चुटकी, चुटकी भर, छोटा, छोटा सा, थोड़ा, थोड़ा सा, हाथ |
| বাংলা | চিমটি কাটা হাত | অল্প একটু, একটু খানি, এত টুকু, চিমটি কাটা হাত, সামান্য, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tangan menjepit | jepit, kecil, menjepit, sedikit, sejumlah kecil, sejumput, tangan menjepit |
| Tiếng Việt | tay chụm | ít, số lượng nhỏ, tay chụm |
| ไทย | ทำมือบีบนิ้วเข้าหากัน | จิ๋ว, 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 |
| 한국어 | 꼬집는 손 | 꼬집는 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
| Afrikaans | knypende hand |
|---|---|
| Akan | nsa a amia |
| Albanian | dorështrënguar |
| Amharic | እጅ መቆንጠጥ |
| Armenian | պտղունց ցույց տվող ձեռք |
| Assamese | টিপা মাৰি ৰখা হাতৰ চিহ্ন |
| Azerbaijani | sıxan əl |
| Bashkir | ҡыҫыусы ҡул |
| Basque | atximurka egiten ari den eskua |
| Belarusian | тры пальцы |
| Bosnian | ruka koja štipa |
| Breton | biz-meud ha biz-yod o piñsat |
| Bulgarian | ръка с приближени палец и показалец |
| Burmese | လက်ချောင်းချင်း ဖိဟန်ပြခြင်း |
| Cantonese | 捏手 |
| Catalan | mà que pessiga |
| Cherokee | ᏗᏓᏇᏄᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ |
| Chuvash | "сахал"алӑ сулни |
| Croatian | ruka koja štipa |
| Czech | gesto „málo“ |
| Danish | lidt vist med tommel- og pegefinger |
| Estonian | näpistav käsi |
| European Portuguese | mão a dar um beliscão |
| Faroese | fingrar sum vísa ikki nógv |
| Filipino | kamay na kumukurot |
| Finnish | nipistävä käsi |
| Galician | xesto de "un chisco" |
| Georgian | ცოტა |
| Gujarati | ચપટી વગાડતો હાથ |
| Hausa | tsuke yatsu biyu |
| Hindi (Latin) | pinch dikhaata haath |
| Hungarian | csippentő kéz |
| Icelandic | klípandi hönd |
| Igbo | tuo aka |
| Irish | lámh ag pinseáil |
| Javanese | tangan njiwit |
| Kannada | ಗಿಲ್ಲುವ ಕೈ |
| Kazakh | саусақпен қысып алу |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ساۋساقپەن قىسىپ الۋ |
| Khmer | ច្បិចដៃ |
| Konkani | चिमटो काडपी हात |
| Kyrgyz | чычмыган кол |
| Lao | ຢິບມື |
| Latvian | roka rāda drusciņu |
| Lithuanian | žnybianti ranka |
| Lower Sorbian | mało-gesta |
| Macedonian | дланка што штипе |
| Malay | tangan mencubit |
| Malayalam | കുറച്ച് എന്ന് കാണിക്കുന്ന കൈ |
| Marathi | चिमटा काढणारा हात |
| Mongolian | чимхэж буй гар |
| Nepali | चिमोट्ने हात |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Hand Wé De Pinch |
| Norwegian | hånd som klyper |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | hand som klyp |
| Odia | ଚିମୁଟିଥିବା ହାତ |
| Oromo | harka qubni isaa walitti qabame |
| Pashto | نوکاري شکل لاس |
| Punjabi | ਚੂੰਢੀ ਜਿੰਨਾ |
| Quechua | tʼipsisqa maki |
| Romanian | mână cu două degete apropiate |
| Romansh | maun che mussa pitschen |
| Scottish Gaelic | làmh le sradag |
| Serbian | рука штипа |
| Serbian (Latin) | ruka štipa |
| Shan | မိုဝ်းပိတ်း |
| Sindhi | پنچنگ هٿ |
| Sinhala | අත මිරිකීම |
| Slovak | málo |
| Slovenian | roka s ščepcem |
| Somali | qanjaruufo |
| Swahili | vidole vinavyobana |
| Tamil | கிள்ளுதல் |
| Telugu | చిటికెడు చూపుతున్న చేయి |
| Tigrinya | መቐንጠጢ ኢድ |
| Tongan | nima fakamaʻopoʻopo |
| Turkmen | çümmükleýän el |
| Upper Sorbian | gesta "mało" |
| Urdu | چٹکی لیتا ہوا ہاتھ |
| Uzbek | chimduvchi qoʻl |
| Welsh | bysedd yn pinshio |
| Yoruba | ìka kíká |
| Zulu | isandla 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.