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✋U+270B

Raised hand emoji

A raised open hand, palm out, with fingers together. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to volunteer or ask a question. Expect it with 'wait', 'me!', greetings and halting someone.

Unicode name
raised hand
Category
People & body, Open hands
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+270B
Shortcode
:hand:, :raised_hand:
Keywords
5, five, hand, high, raised, stop

How it looks

✋
Your device
Raised hand emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Raised hand emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Raised 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 “raised hand”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “raised hand”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “raised hand”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “raised hand”.
GitHub
Type :hand: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolmano levantadachoca esos cinco, levantada, mano
Françaismain levéefeuille, main, main levée, paume de la main, stop, tope là
Deutscherhobene Hand5, erhoben, halt, Hand, Handfläche, high five, schlag ein, Stopp, warte
Italianomano alzataalzata, carta, cinque, mano, mano aperta
Portuguêsmão levantada5, cinco, erguida, high five, levantada, mão, papel, pare, toca aqui
Nederlandsopgeheven hand5, hand, hoog, opgeheven, stop, vijf
Svenskahand i luftenhand, hand i luften, handflata, uppräckt
Polskiwzniesiona dłońdłoń, ręka, stop, uwaga, wzniesiona dłoń
Türkçeel kaldırmabeş parmak, dur, dur işareti, el, el kaldırma, havada el
Русскийподнятая ладоньвверх, ладонь, пальцы, поднятая, пять, рука, стоп
Українськапіднята рукадай пʼять, долоня, піднята рука, рука, стояти, тіло
Ελληνικάσηκωμένο χέρικόλλα πέντε, πέντε, σηκωμένο χέρι, σταμάτα, σώμα, χέρι
العربيةيد مرفوعةبرافو, توقف, جسد, ستوب, قبضة, كف, مرحبا, يد, يد مرفوعة
עבריתכף יד מורמתחמסה, יד, כיף, כף יד מורמת, מורמת, עצור
فارسیدست بالابردهاحترام, بدن, بزن قدش, دست, دست بالا برده, دست بالابرده, سلام
हिन्दीउठा हुआ हाथउठा हुआ हाथ, ठहरो, हाथ
বাংলাঅনুগ্রহ করে থামুনঅনুগ্রহ করে থামুন, জিও কাকা, শরীর, হাত, হাত তোলা
Bahasa Indonesiatelapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapatbadan, berhenti, lima jari, rapat, stop, tangan, telapak tangan, telapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapat, tubuh
Tiếng Việtbàn tay giơ lênbàn tay giơ lên, dừng lại, tay
ไทยตั้งฝ่ามือตั้งฝ่ามือ, มือ, อวัยวะ
日本語挙手5, ストップ, パー, 手, 挙手
한국어손바닥5, 다섯, 보, 보자기, 손들어, 손바닥, 하이파이브
中文(简体)举起手举手, 举起手, 举起的手, 五指, 停, 击掌, 手
中文(繁體)舉手手, 招手, 擊掌, 舉手
Names in 99 more languages
Afrikaanshand in die lug
Akannsa a apagya
Albaniandorë e ngritur
Amharicወደ ላይ የተደረገ እጅ
Armenianբարձրացված ձեռք
Assameseঅনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ৰখক
Azerbaijaniqaldırımış əl
Bashkirкүтәрелгән ҡул
Basqueesku altxatua
Belarusianпаднятая рука
Bosnianpodignuta šaka
Bretondorn savet
BulgarianВдигната ръка
Burmeseမြှောက်ပြထားသည့် လက်
Cantonese舉手
Cantonese (Simplified)举手
Catalanmà aixecada
CherokeeᎣᏬᏰᎾ ᎠᏌᎵᏛᏅᎢ
Chuvashҫӗкленӗ ал тупанӗ
Croatianpodignuta ruka
Czechzvednutá ruka
Danishløftet hånd
Estonianülestõstetud käsi
European Portuguesemão erguida
Faroesehond
Filipinonakataas na kamay
Finnishnostettu käsi
Fula (Adlam)𞤶𞤵𞥅𞤲𞤺𞤮 𞤼𞤮𞥅𞤱𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤺𞤮
Galicianman levantada
Georgianაწეული ხელი
Gujaratiઉઠાવેલો હાથ
Hausaɗagaggen hannu
Hindi (Latin)utha hua haath
Hungarianfelemelt kéz
Icelandiclófi
Igboaka ewèliri
Irishlámh ardaithe
Javanesetangan diangkat
Kalaallisutløftet hånd
Kannadaಎತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ
Kazakhқол көтеру
Kazakh (Arabic)قول كوتەرۋ
Khmerលើកដៃ
Kinyarwandaikiganza kizamuye
Konkaniउखलिल्लो हात
Kyrgyzкол көтөрүү
KʼicheʼYakom q’ab’aj
Laoຍົກມືຂຶ້ນ
Latvianpacelta roka
Lithuanianiškelta ranka
Lower Sorbianpózwignjona ruka
Luxembourgishhéichgehalen Hand
Macedonianкрената рака
Malayangkat tangan
Malayalamഉയർത്തിയ കൈ
Malteseid mgħollija
Marathiउंचावलेला हात
Mongolianөргөсөн гар
Māoriringa tū
Nepaliउठाइएको हात
Nigerian PidginHand Wé Dẹm Réz Ọp
Northern Sotholetsogo le išitšwego godimo
Norwegianhevet hånd
Norwegian Nynorskheva hand
Odiaଉଠା ଯାଇଥିବା ହାତ
Oromoharka ol ba’e
Pashtoاوچت لاس
Punjabiਚੁੱਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੱਥ
Punjabi (Arabic)اُوتے کیتا ہتھ
Quechuahuqharisqa maki
Romanianmână ridicată
Romanshmaun auzà
Scottish Gaeliclàmh air a togail
Serbianподигнута рука
Serbian (Latin)podignuta ruka
Shanယုၵ်ႉမိုဝ်း
Sindhiمٿي ڪيل هٿ
Sinhalaඑසවූූ අත
Slovakzdvihnutá ruka
Sloveniandvignjena dlan
Somaligacan kor loo qaday
Swahilimkono ulioinuliwa
Tajikдасти бардошта
Tamilகையை உயர்த்தி காட்டுதல்
Teluguఎత్తిన చేయి
Tigrinyaዝተልዓለ ኢድ
Tongannima hiki ki ʻolunga
Tswanaletsogo le le kwa godimo
Turkmengaldyrylan el
Upper Sorbianzběhnjena ruka
Urduبلند ہاتھ
Uyghurكۆتۈرگەن قول
Uzbekko‘tarilgan qo‘l
Welshllaw wedi codi
Wolofloxo bu jog
Xhosaisandla esinyusiweyo
YorubaỌwọ Nina Soke
Yoruba (Benin)Ɔwɔ Nina Soke
Zuluisandla esiphanyisiwe

Codes

Code points
U+270B
HTML
✋
CSS
\270B
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{270B}
Python
\u270B
UTF-8 bytes
E2 9C 8B
UTF-16
270B
URL encoded
%E2%9C%8B

Questions

What does the ✋ raised hand emoji mean?

A raised open hand, palm out, with fingers together. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to volunteer or ask a question. Expect it with 'wait', 'me!', greetings and halting someone.

How do I type the ✋ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “raised 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 :hand:.

When was the ✋ emoji added?

✋ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for ✋?

U+270B. In HTML you can write ✋, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{270B}.

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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