# 👋 Waving hand emoji

👋 Waving 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: bye, cya, g2g, greetings, gtg and hello.

- Emoji: 👋
- Unicode name: waving hand
- Code points: U+1F44B
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :wave:
- Keywords: bye, cya, g2g, greetings, gtg, hand, hello, hey, hi, later, outtie, ttfn, ttyl, wave, yo, you
- Page: https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-emoji

## What it means

An open hand raised and waving. It works as a greeting or goodbye, for 'hi', 'hello' and 'bye'. Many messages open or close with it, and it helps welcome new people or get someone's attention.

## Skin tones

- 👋🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FB
- 👋🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FC
- 👋🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FD
- 👋🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FE
- 👋🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FF

## How to type 👋

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mano saludando | agitar, mano, mano saludando, saludar, saludo |
| Français (fr) | signe de la main | à bientôt, à plus tard, au revoir, bonjour, bye, coucou, hello, il y a quelqu’un ?, main, main qui salue, salut, signe, signe de la main |
| Deutsch (de) | winkende Hand | auf Wiedersehen, bis später, ciao, guten Tag, hallo, Hand, hey, hi, tschüs, tschüss, winken |
| Italiano (it) | mano che saluta | a dopo, ci sei?, ci vediamo, ciao, ciaone, gesto di saluto, mano, mano aperta, mano che saluta, salutare, schiaffo |
| Português (pt) | mão acenando | acenando, aceno, até mais, está aí?, flw, mão, oi, olá, taí?, tchau |
| Nederlands (nl) | zwaaiende hand | ben je er, doei, groet, groeten, hallo, hand, is daar iemand, moet gaan, spreek je later, tot later, tot ziens, ttyl, zwaai, zwaaien, zwaaiende hand |
| Svenska (sv) | vinkande hand | är du där?, hallå, hand, hej, vinka, vinkande hand, vinkning |
| Polski (pl) | machająca dłoń | cześć, dłoń, halo, hej, machać, machająca dłoń, pa, papa, powitanie, pożegnanie, ręka, witaj |
| Türkçe (tr) | el sallama | bay bay, bye, el, görüşürüz, güle güle, hey, merhaba, orada mısın, sallama, sallamak, selam |
| Русский (ru) | машет рукой | взмах, привет, приветствие, прощание, рука |
| Українська (uk) | рука махає | бувай, вітання, вітаю, дай пʼять, до зустрічі, долоня, махати, помах, привіт, рука, рука махає, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι που χαιρετά | bb, αντίο, αργότερα, γεια, είσαι εκεί, νεύμα, σώμα, τα λέμε, τι λέει, χαιρετισμούς, χαιρετώ, χέρι, χέρι που χαιρετά |
| العربية (ar) | تلويح باليد | أهلا, إلى اللقاء, انظر إلي, باي, بدي روح, تأشير, ترحيب, تلويح, لاحقًا, مرحبا, هاي, هلا, يد |
| עברית (he) | יד מנופפת | ביי, היי, יד, כיף, להתראות, מנופפת, שלום |
| فارسی (fa) | تکان دادن دست | آهای, اونجایی؟, با توام, بدن, بیرون, تا بعد, تکان, تکان دادن, تکان دادن دست, خداحافظ, خوشامدگویی, دست, سلام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथ हिलाना | अभी के लिए बाय, अलविदा, क्या आप हैं?, बाद में बात करते हैं, बाय, बाय-बाय, मैं जा रहा हूँ, मैं जा रही हूँ, हाथ, हिलाना, हैलो |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাত নাড়ানো | দোলানো, নাড়ানো, বিদায় জানানো, শরীর, হাই, হাত, হ্যালো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan melambai | badan, dadah, dah, hai, halo, jari, lambai, sampai jumpa, tangan, tangan melambai, tubuh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | vẫy tay | chào, chào nhé, có ai ở đó không?, đang vẫy, tay, vẫy, vẫy tay nè, xin chào |
| ไทย (th) | โบกมือ | ทักทาย, บ๊ายบาย, โบกมือ, ไปก่อนนะ, ร่ำลา, สวัสดี, หวัดดี, อวัยวะ, ฮัลโหล |
| 日本語 (ja) | 手を振る | あいさつ, さようなら, バイバイ, ハロー, またね, 手, 手を振る |
| 한국어 (ko) | 흔드는 손 | 거기 있어?, 나중에 봐, 똑똑, 바이, 안녕, 이따가 봐, 잘가, 펼친 손, 헤이, 흔드는 손 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 挥手 | 你好, 再见, 嗨, 在吗, 手, 挥手, 等一下, 等等, 该走了 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 揮手 | 再見, 手, 手勢, 拜拜, 揮手, 是你嗎, 該走了, 閃人 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wuiwende hand
- Akan (ak): nsa a ɛrehim
- Albanian (sq): dorë që tundet
- Amharic (am): ተወዛዋዥ እጅ
- Armenian (hy): թափահարող ձեռք
- Assamese (as): হাত লৰোৱা
- Azerbaijani (az): əl sallayan əllər
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул болғау
- Basque (eu): mugitzen ari den eskua
- Belarusian (be): махае рукой
- Bosnian (bs): mahanje rukom
- Breton (br): dorn o hejañ
- Bulgarian (bg): Махане с ръка
- Burmese (my): ဝှေ့ယမ်းနေသည့် လက်
- Cantonese (yue): 揮手
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 挥手
- Catalan (ca): mà que saluda
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏲᎵᎭ
- Chuvash (cv): аллипе сулать
- Croatian (hr): ruka koja maše
- Czech (cs): mávající ruka
- Danish (da): vinker
- Estonian (et): lehvitav käsi
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão a acenar
- Faroese (fo): veitrandi hond
- Filipino (fil): kumakaway na kamay
- Finnish (fi): käden heilautus
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤸𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤵𞤣𞤫 𞤶𞤵𞥅𞤲𞤺𞤮
- Galician (gl): man saudando
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ქნევა
- Gujarati (gu): હાથ હલાવવા
- Hausa (ha): hannu mai wurgawa
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): wave karta haath
- Hungarian (hu): integető kéz
- Icelandic (is): hönd veifar
- Igbo (ig): na-efe aka
- Irish (ga): lámh ag croitheadh
- Javanese (jv): tangan ngawe-awe
- Kalaallisut (kl): vinker
- Kannada (kn): ಕೈ ಬೀಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು
- Kazakh (kk): қол бұлғау
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول بۇلعاۋ
- Khmer (km): បក់ដៃ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza gipepera
- Konkani (kok): हात हालोवप
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол булгалоо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Upam q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ໂບກມື
- Latvian (lv): mājoša roka
- Lithuanian (lt): mojuojanti ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kiwajuca ruka
- Luxembourgish (lb): wénkend Hand
- Macedonian (mk): мавтање со рака
- Malay (ms): lambai tangan
- Malayalam (ml): വീശുന്ന കൈ
- Maltese (mt): id ixxejjer
- Marathi (mr): हवेत हलविणारा हात
- Mongolian (mn): мэндчилж байгаа гар
- Māori (mi): ringa pōhirihiri
- Nepali (ne): हल्लाइरहेको हात
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Wev
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo le dumedišago
- Norwegian (no): vinkende hånd
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): vinkande hand
- Odia (or): ଦୋଳାୟମାନ ହାତ
- Oromo (om): harka raasuu
- Pashto (ps): لاس ښورول
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ ਹਿਲਾਉਣਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ ہلاندیاں
- Quechua (qu): qinquykachasqa maki
- Romanian (ro): mână fluturată
- Romansh (rm): dar dal maun
- Santali (sat): ᱛᱤ ᱦᱩᱨᱞᱟᱹ
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh a’ smèideadh
- Serbian (sr): рука која маше
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka koja maše
- Shan (shn): ဝႆမိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): لڏندڙ هٿ
- Sinhala (si): අත වැනීම
- Slovak (sk): mávajúca ruka
- Slovenian (sl): mahajoča dlan
- Somali (so): gacan haadin
- Swahili (sw): mkono unaopunga
- Tajik (tg): ҳаракати пешу қафои даст
- Tamil (ta): கையசைத்தல்
- Telugu (te): చేయి ఊపడం
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝወዛወዝ ኢድ
- Tongan (to): nima taʻataʻalo
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le tsholeditsweng
- Turkmen (tk): galgaýan el
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kiwaca ruka
- Urdu (ur): ہاتھ لہرانا
- Uyghur (ug): قول پۇلاڭلىتىش
- Uzbek (uz): shapaloq
- Welsh (cy): llaw yn chwifio
- Wolof (wo): tàllal loxo
- Xhosa (xh): ukuwangawangisa isandla
- Yoruba (yo): N Juwọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): N Juwɔ
- Zulu (zu): ukuphakamisa isandla

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F44B` |
| HTML | `👋` |
| CSS | `\1F44B` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F44B}` |
| Python | `\U0001F44B` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 8B` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC4B` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%8B` |

## Questions

### What does the 👋 waving hand emoji mean?

An open hand raised and waving. It works as a greeting or goodbye, for 'hi', 'hello' and 'bye'. Many messages open or close with it, and it helps welcome new people or get someone's attention.

### How do I type the 👋 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “waving 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 :wave:.

### When was the 👋 emoji added?

👋 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F44B. In HTML you can write 👋, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F44B}.

### 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/waving-hand-emoji