# ✋ Raised hand emoji

✋ Raised hand is an emoji in the open hands set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: 5, five, high and stop.

- Emoji: ✋
- Unicode name: raised hand
- Code points: U+270B
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :hand:, :raised_hand:
- Keywords: 5, five, hand, high, raised, stop
- Page: https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

- ✋🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FB
- ✋🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FC
- ✋🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FD
- ✋🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FE
- ✋🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FF

## 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mano levantada | choca esos cinco, levantada, mano |
| Français (fr) | main levée | feuille, main, main levée, paume de la main, stop, tope là |
| Deutsch (de) | erhobene Hand | 5, erhoben, halt, Hand, Handfläche, high five, schlag ein, Stopp, warte |
| Italiano (it) | mano alzata | alzata, carta, cinque, mano, mano aperta |
| Português (pt) | mão levantada | 5, cinco, erguida, high five, levantada, mão, papel, pare, toca aqui |
| Nederlands (nl) | opgeheven hand | 5, hand, hoog, opgeheven, stop, vijf |
| Svenska (sv) | hand i luften | hand, hand i luften, handflata, uppräckt |
| Polski (pl) | wzniesiona dłoń | dłoń, ręka, stop, uwaga, wzniesiona dłoń |
| Türkçe (tr) | el kaldırma | beş parmak, dur, dur işareti, el, el kaldırma, havada el |
| Русский (ru) | поднятая ладонь | вверх, ладонь, пальцы, поднятая, пять, рука, стоп |
| Українська (uk) | піднята рука | дай пʼять, долоня, піднята рука, рука, стояти, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σηκωμένο χέρι | κόλλα πέντε, πέντε, σηκωμένο χέρι, σταμάτα, σώμα, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | يد مرفوعة | برافو, توقف, جسد, ستوب, قبضة, كف, مرحبا, يد, يد مرفوعة |
| עברית (he) | כף יד מורמת | חמסה, יד, כיף, כף יד מורמת, מורמת, עצור |
| فارسی (fa) | دست بالابرده | احترام, بدن, بزن قدش, دست, دست بالا برده, دست بالابرده, سلام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | उठा हुआ हाथ | उठा हुआ हाथ, ठहरो, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | অনুগ্রহ করে থামুন | অনুগ্রহ করে থামুন, জিও কাকা, শরীর, হাত, হাত তোলা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | telapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapat | badan, berhenti, lima jari, rapat, stop, tangan, telapak tangan, telapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapat, tubuh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bàn tay giơ lên | bàn tay giơ lên, dừng lại, tay |
| ไทย (th) | ตั้งฝ่ามือ | ตั้งฝ่ามือ, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 挙手 | 5, ストップ, パー, 手, 挙手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손바닥 | 5, 다섯, 보, 보자기, 손들어, 손바닥, 하이파이브 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 举起手 | 举手, 举起手, 举起的手, 五指, 停, 击掌, 手 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 舉手 | 手, 招手, 擊掌, 舉手 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand in die lug
- Akan (ak): nsa a apagya
- Albanian (sq): dorë e ngritur
- Amharic (am): ወደ ላይ የተደረገ እጅ
- Armenian (hy): բարձրացված ձեռք
- Assamese (as): অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ৰখক
- Azerbaijani (az): qaldırımış əl
- Bashkir (ba): күтәрелгән ҡул
- Basque (eu): esku altxatua
- Belarusian (be): паднятая рука
- Bosnian (bs): podignuta šaka
- Breton (br): dorn savet
- Bulgarian (bg): Вдигната ръка
- Burmese (my): မြှောက်ပြထားသည့် လက်
- Cantonese (yue): 舉手
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 举手
- Catalan (ca): mà aixecada
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏬᏰᎾ ᎠᏌᎵᏛᏅᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫӗкленӗ ал тупанӗ
- Croatian (hr): podignuta ruka
- Czech (cs): zvednutá ruka
- Danish (da): løftet hånd
- Estonian (et): ülestõstetud käsi
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão erguida
- Faroese (fo): hond
- Filipino (fil): nakataas na kamay
- Finnish (fi): nostettu käsi
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤶𞤵𞥅𞤲𞤺𞤮 𞤼𞤮𞥅𞤱𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤺𞤮
- Galician (gl): man levantada
- Georgian (ka): აწეული ხელი
- Gujarati (gu): ઉઠાવેલો હાથ
- Hausa (ha): ɗagaggen hannu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): utha hua haath
- Hungarian (hu): felemelt kéz
- Icelandic (is): lófi
- Igbo (ig): aka ewèliri
- Irish (ga): lámh ardaithe
- Javanese (jv): tangan diangkat
- Kalaallisut (kl): løftet hånd
- Kannada (kn): ಎತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ
- Kazakh (kk): қол көтеру
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول كوتەرۋ
- Khmer (km): លើកដៃ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza kizamuye
- Konkani (kok): उखलिल्लो हात
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол көтөрүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Yakom q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ຍົກມືຂຶ້ນ
- Latvian (lv): pacelta roka
- Lithuanian (lt): iškelta ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pózwignjona ruka
- Luxembourgish (lb): héichgehalen Hand
- Macedonian (mk): крената рака
- Malay (ms): angkat tangan
- Malayalam (ml): ഉയർത്തിയ കൈ
- Maltese (mt): id mgħollija
- Marathi (mr): उंचावलेला हात
- Mongolian (mn): өргөсөн гар
- Māori (mi): ringa tū
- Nepali (ne): उठाइएको हात
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé Dẹm Réz Ọp
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo le išitšwego godimo
- Norwegian (no): hevet hånd
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): heva hand
- Odia (or): ଉଠା ଯାଇଥିବା ହାତ
- Oromo (om): harka ol ba’e
- Pashto (ps): اوچت لاس
- Punjabi (pa): ਚੁੱਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੱਥ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اُوتے کیتا ہتھ
- Quechua (qu): huqharisqa maki
- Romanian (ro): mână ridicată
- Romansh (rm): maun auzà
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh air a togail
- Serbian (sr): подигнута рука
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): podignuta ruka
- Shan (shn): ယုၵ်ႉမိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): مٿي ڪيل هٿ
- Sinhala (si): එසවූූ අත
- Slovak (sk): zdvihnutá ruka
- Slovenian (sl): dvignjena dlan
- Somali (so): gacan kor loo qaday
- Swahili (sw): mkono ulioinuliwa
- Tajik (tg): дасти бардошта
- Tamil (ta): கையை உயர்த்தி காட்டுதல்
- Telugu (te): ఎత్తిన చేయి
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝተልዓለ ኢድ
- Tongan (to): nima hiki ki ʻolunga
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le kwa godimo
- Turkmen (tk): galdyrylan el
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zběhnjena ruka
- Urdu (ur): بلند ہاتھ
- Uyghur (ug): كۆتۈرگەن قول
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘tarilgan qo‘l
- Welsh (cy): llaw wedi codi
- Wolof (wo): loxo bu jog
- Xhosa (xh): isandla esinyusiweyo
- Yoruba (yo): Ọwọ Nina Soke
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɔwɔ Nina Soke
- Zulu (zu): isandla esiphanyisiwe

## Codes

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