# 🤏 Pinching hand emoji

🤏 Pinching hand is an emoji in the hand signs set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: amount, bit, fingers, little, small and sort.

- Emoji: 🤏
- Unicode name: pinching hand
- Code points: U+1F90F
- Category: People & body, Hand signs
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :pinching_hand:
- Keywords: amount, bit, fingers, hand, little, pinching, small, sort
- Page: https://emojichart.com/pinching-hand-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

- 🤏🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinching-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90F U+1F3FB
- 🤏🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinching-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90F U+1F3FC
- 🤏🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinching-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90F U+1F3FD
- 🤏🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinching-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90F U+1F3FE
- 🤏🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinching-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90F U+1F3FF

## 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 (es) | mano pellizcando | mano pellizcando, pellizco, poco, poquito |
| Français (fr) | pouce et index rapprochés | à deux doigts, petit, petite, petite quantité, petite somme, peu, pouce et index rapprochés, un peu |
| Deutsch (de) | Wenig-Geste | Betrag, Finger, gering, Geste, Hand, klein, Menge, unbedeutend, wenig, Wenig-Geste, winzig |
| Italiano (it) | 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 (pt) | mão beliscando | beliscar, mão, pequena quantidade, pequeno, pouco, pouquinho |
| Nederlands (nl) | hand met samengeknepen vingers | beetje, gebaar voor kleine hoeveelheid, hand, hand met samengeknepen vingers, klein, kleine hoeveelheid, vingers, weinig |
| Svenska (sv) | nypande hand | liten mängd, nypande hand |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń z gestem „trochę” | ciut, dłoń z gestem „trochę”, mała ilość, mało, palce, szczypta, trochę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kıstırma hareketi yapan el | azıcık, bir tutam, biraz, kıstırma hareketi yapan el, kıstırma hareketi yapan parmaklar, küçük, parmaklar |
| Русский (ru) | жест «мало» | жест, мало, небольшое количество, немного, чуть-чуть |
| Українська (uk) | жест «мало» | дещиця, жест «мало», мало, небагато, невелика кількість, пальці, рука, трохи, щіпка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι που τσιμπάει | δάχτυλα, κοντό, μικρή ποσότητα, μικρό, περίπου, χέρι που τσιμπάει |
| العربية (ar) | يد تشير بمقدار ضئيل | أصابع, تافه, شوي, صغير, قليل, كمية صغيرة, مثال, مقدار صغير, مقدار ضئيل, يد, يد تشير بمقدار ضئيل |
| עברית (he) | יד צובטת | בכמות קטנה, טיפונת, מעט, צביטה, קטן, קצת, תנועת צביטה |
| فارسی (fa) | دست در حال نیشگون گرفتن | انگشتان, تقریبا, دست در حال نیشگون گرفتن, سر سوزن, کمی, کوچک, مقدار اندک, مقدار کم, نیشگون, یه ذره |
| हिन्दी (hi) | थोड़ा सा | इतना, उंगलियाँ, एक चुटकी, चुटकी, चुटकी भर, छोटा, छोटा सा, थोड़ा, थोड़ा सा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | চিমটি কাটা হাত | অল্প একটু, একটু খানি, এত টুকু, চিমটি কাটা হাত, সামান্য, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan menjepit | jepit, kecil, menjepit, sedikit, sejumlah kecil, sejumput, tangan menjepit |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tay chụm | ít, số lượng nhỏ, tay chụm |
| ไทย (th) | ทำมือบีบนิ้วเข้าหากัน | จิ๋ว, ท่าทาง, นิดเดียว, บีบนิ้ว, ปริมาณ, มือ, เล็กน้อย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 꼬집는 손 | 꼬집는 손, 손가락, 적은 양을 나타내는 손, 조금, 한 꼬집 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 捏 | 一點點, 小, 少量, 很少, 手指, 捏 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): knypende hand
- Akan (ak): nsa a amia
- Albanian (sq): dorështrënguar
- Amharic (am): እጅ መቆንጠጥ
- Armenian (hy): պտղունց ցույց տվող ձեռք
- Assamese (as): টিপা মাৰি ৰখা হাতৰ চিহ্ন
- Azerbaijani (az): sıxan əl
- Bashkir (ba): ҡыҫыусы ҡул
- Basque (eu): atximurka egiten ari den eskua
- Belarusian (be): тры пальцы
- Bosnian (bs): ruka koja štipa
- Breton (br): biz-meud ha biz-yod o piñsat
- Bulgarian (bg): ръка с приближени палец и показалец
- Burmese (my): လက်ချောင်းချင်း ဖိဟန်ပြခြင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 捏手
- Catalan (ca): mà que pessiga
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏓᏇᏄᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ
- Chuvash (cv): "сахал"алӑ сулни
- Croatian (hr): ruka koja štipa
- Czech (cs): gesto „málo“
- Danish (da): lidt vist med tommel- og pegefinger
- Estonian (et): näpistav käsi
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão a dar um beliscão
- Faroese (fo): fingrar sum vísa ikki nógv
- Filipino (fil): kamay na kumukurot
- Finnish (fi): nipistävä käsi
- Galician (gl): xesto de "un chisco"
- Georgian (ka): ცოტა
- Gujarati (gu): ચપટી વગાડતો હાથ
- Hausa (ha): tsuke yatsu biyu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): pinch dikhaata haath
- Hungarian (hu): csippentő kéz
- Icelandic (is): klípandi hönd
- Igbo (ig): tuo aka
- Irish (ga): lámh ag pinseáil
- Javanese (jv): tangan njiwit
- Kannada (kn): ಗಿಲ್ಲುವ ಕೈ
- Kazakh (kk): саусақпен қысып алу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساۋساقپەن قىسىپ الۋ
- Khmer (km): ច្បិចដៃ
- Konkani (kok): चिमटो काडपी हात
- Kyrgyz (ky): чычмыган кол
- Lao (lo): ຢິບ​ມື
- Latvian (lv): roka rāda drusciņu
- Lithuanian (lt): žnybianti ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mało-gesta
- Macedonian (mk): дланка што штипе
- Malay (ms): tangan mencubit
- Malayalam (ml): കുറച്ച് എന്ന് കാണിക്കുന്ന കൈ
- Marathi (mr): चिमटा काढणारा हात
- Mongolian (mn): чимхэж буй гар
- Nepali (ne): चिमोट्ने हात
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Pinch
- Norwegian (no): hånd som klyper
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): hand som klyp
- Odia (or): ଚିମୁଟିଥିବା ହାତ
- Oromo (om): harka qubni isaa walitti qabame
- Pashto (ps): نوکاري شکل لاس
- Punjabi (pa): ਚੂੰਢੀ ਜਿੰਨਾ
- Quechua (qu): tʼipsisqa maki
- Romanian (ro): mână cu două degete apropiate
- Romansh (rm): maun che mussa pitschen
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh le sradag
- Serbian (sr): рука штипа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka štipa
- Shan (shn): မိုဝ်းပိတ်း
- Sindhi (sd): پنچنگ هٿ
- Sinhala (si): අත මිරිකීම
- Slovak (sk): málo
- Slovenian (sl): roka s ščepcem
- Somali (so): qanjaruufo
- Swahili (sw): vidole vinavyobana
- Tamil (ta): கிள்ளுதல்
- Telugu (te): చిటికెడు చూపుతున్న చేయి
- Tigrinya (ti): መቐንጠጢ ኢድ
- Tongan (to): nima fakamaʻopoʻopo
- Turkmen (tk): çümmükleýän el
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): gesta "mało"
- Urdu (ur): چٹکی لیتا ہوا ہاتھ
- Uzbek (uz): chimduvchi qoʻl
- Welsh (cy): bysedd yn pinshio
- Yoruba (yo): ìka kíká
- Zulu (zu): isandla esincinzayo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/pinching-hand-emoji