# 🤳 Selfie emoji

🤳 Selfie is an emoji in the hands holding things set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: camera and phone.

- Emoji: 🤳
- Unicode name: selfie
- Code points: U+1F933
- Category: People & body, Hands holding things
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :selfie:
- Keywords: camera, phone, selfie
- Page: https://emojichart.com/selfie-emoji

## What it means

A hand holding a phone out at arm's length, as if taking a photo of oneself. Selfies and posing for the camera are the point. It goes with sharing pictures, vanity jokes and posts about a night out.

## Skin tones

- 🤳🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/selfie-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F933 U+1F3FB
- 🤳🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/selfie-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F933 U+1F3FC
- 🤳🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/selfie-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F933 U+1F3FD
- 🤳🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/selfie-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F933 U+1F3FE
- 🤳🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/selfie-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F933 U+1F3FF

## How to type 🤳

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | selfi | autofoto, cámara, selfi, selfie, teléfono |
| Français (fr) | selfie | appareil photo, photo, selfie, téléphone |
| Deutsch (de) | Selfie | Selfie, Smartphone |
| Italiano (it) | selfie | autoscatto, fare un selfie, foto, fotocamera, fotografare, fotografia, scattare, selfie, smartphone, telefono |
| Português (pt) | selfie | camera, câmera, celular, foto, selfie, smartphone |
| Nederlands (nl) | selfie | camera, selfie, telefoon |
| Svenska (sv) | selfie | arm som tar en selfie med telefon, kamera, selfie, telefon |
| Polski (pl) | selfie | aparat, selfie, telefon, zdjęcie |
| Türkçe (tr) | selfie | kamera, kendi çekim, öz çekim, özçekim, selfie, telefon |
| Русский (ru) | селфи | селфи, снимок, телефон |
| Українська (uk) | селфі | автопортрет, камера, селфі, телефон, фото |
| Ελληνικά (el) | selfie | selfie, κάμερα, σέλφι, τηλέφωνο, φωτογραφική μηχανή |
| العربية (ar) | صورة سيلفي | سيلفي, صورة ذاتية, صورة ذاتيىة, صورة سيلفي, كاميرا, موبايل, هاتف |
| עברית (he) | יד מצלמת סלפי | טלפון, יד מצלמת סלפי, מצלמה, סלפי, צילום, שיחת וידאו |
| فارسی (fa) | خودگرفت | خودگرفت, سلفی, عکس از خود |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सेल्फ़ी | कैमरा, फ़ोन, सेल्फी, सेल्फ़ी |
| বাংলা (bn) | সেলফি | ক্যামেরা, ফোন, সেলফি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | selfie | cari signal, foto selfie, kamera, ponsel, selfi, selfie |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tự sướng | điện thoại, máy ảnh, tự sướng |
| ไทย (th) | เซลฟี่ | กล้อง, เซลฟี่, มือถือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | セルフィー | カメラ, スマホ, セルフィー, 自分撮り, 自撮り |
| 한국어 (ko) | 셀카 | 사진, 셀카, 셀피, 카메라, 폰 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 自拍 | 手机, 相机, 自拍 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 自拍 | 拍, 相機, 自, 自拍 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): selfie
- Akan (ak): selfie
- Albanian (sq): foto vetjake
- Amharic (am): እራስ ፎቶ ማንሳት
- Armenian (hy): սելֆի
- Assamese (as): ছেল্‌ফি
- Asturian (ast): selfie
- Azerbaijani (az): özçəkim
- Bashkir (ba): селфи
- Basque (eu): autoargazkia
- Belarusian (be): сэлфі
- Bosnian (bs): selfi
- Breton (br): emboltred
- Bulgarian (bg): селфи
- Burmese (my): ဆယ်ဖီ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): égoportrait
- Cantonese (yue): 自拍
- Catalan (ca): autofoto
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏮᏌ ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): селфи
- Croatian (hr): selfie
- Czech (cs): selfie
- Danish (da): selfie
- Estonian (et): selfi
- Faroese (fo): sjálvsmynd
- Filipino (fil): selfie
- Finnish (fi): selfie
- Galician (gl): autofoto
- Georgian (ka): სელფი
- Gujarati (gu): સેલ્ફી
- Hausa (ha): hoton kanka
- Hungarian (hu): szelfi
- Icelandic (is): sjálfa
- Igbo (ig): selfi
- Irish (ga): féinín
- Javanese (jv): foto selfi
- Kalaallisut (kl): selfie
- Kannada (kn): ಸೆಲ್ಫಿ
- Kazakh (kk): селфи
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەلفي
- Khmer (km): selfie
- Kinyarwanda (rw): serifi
- Konkani (kok): सेल्फी
- Kyrgyz (ky): селфи
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Relesaxik uwachib’al
- Lao (lo): ເຊວຟີ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): selfie
- Latvian (lv): pašfoto
- Lithuanian (lt): asmenukė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): selfie
- Luxembourgish (lb): Selfie
- Macedonian (mk): селфи
- Malay (ms): swafoto
- Malayalam (ml): സെൽഫി
- Maltese (mt): stessu
- Marathi (mr): सेल्फी
- Mongolian (mn): селфи
- Māori (mi): kiriāhua
- Nepali (ne): सेल्फी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Sẹ́lfi
- Northern Sotho (nso): go itšea senepe
- Norwegian (no): selfie
- Odia (or): ସେଲଫି
- Oromo (om): selfii
- Pashto (ps): سيلفي
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੈਲਫੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): سیلفی
- Quechua (qu): selfie
- Romanian (ro): selfie
- Romansh (rm): selfie
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): fèineag
- Serbian (sr): селфи
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): selfi
- Shan (shn): သႄႇလ်ၾီႇ
- Sindhi (sd): سيلفي
- Sinhala (si): සෙල්ෆි
- Slovak (sk): selfie
- Slovenian (sl): selfi
- Somali (so): sawir iska-qaadis
- Swahili (sw): selfi
- Tajik (tg): селфи
- Tamil (ta): செல்ஃபி
- Telugu (te): సెల్ఫీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ሴልፊ ምውሳድ
- Tongan (to): faitaaʻi pē kita
- Tswana (tn): itsaya senepe
- Turkmen (tk): selfi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): selfie
- Urdu (ur): سیلفی
- Uyghur (ug): ئۆزتارتىم
- Uzbek (uz): selfi
- Welsh (cy): hunlun
- Wolof (wo): selfie
- Xhosa (xh): iselfi
- Yoruba (yo): Yiya Ara ẹni
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Yiya Ara ɛni
- Zulu (zu): uzishuthe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F933` |
| HTML | `🤳` |
| CSS | `\1F933` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F933}` |
| Python | `\U0001F933` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B3` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD33` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B3` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤳 selfie emoji mean?

A hand holding a phone out at arm's length, as if taking a photo of oneself. Selfies and posing for the camera are the point. It goes with sharing pictures, vanity jokes and posts about a night out.

### How do I type the 🤳 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “selfie”. 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 :selfie:.

### When was the 🤳 emoji added?

🤳 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🤳?

U+1F933. In HTML you can write 🤳, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F933}.

### 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/selfie-emoji