# 👋🏾 Waving hand emoji: medium-dark skin tone

👋🏾 is the waving hand emoji (👋) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 👋 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 👋🏾
- Unicode name: waving hand: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F44B U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👋 Waving hand](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 👋 [Waving hand](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-emoji.md)
- 👋🏻 [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
- 👋🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

👋🏾 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 👋 [Waving hand](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-emoji.md) (U+1F44B)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 👋🏾

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “waving hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “waving hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “waving hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “waving hand”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mano saludando: tono de piel oscuro medio | agitar, mano, mano saludando, saludar, saludo, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | signe de la main : peau mate | à bientôt, à plus tard, au revoir, bonjour, bye, coucou, hello, il y a quelqu’un ?, main, main qui salue, peau mate, salut, signe, signe de la main |
| Deutsch (de) | winkende Hand: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | auf Wiedersehen, bis später, ciao, guten Tag, hallo, Hand, hey, hi, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, tschüs, tschüss, winken |
| Italiano (it) | mano che saluta: carnagione abbastanza scura | a dopo, carnagione abbastanza scura, ci sei?, ci vediamo, ciao, ciaone, gesto di saluto, mano, mano aperta, mano che saluta, salutare, schiaffo |
| Português (pt) | mão acenando: pele morena escura | acenando, aceno, até mais, está aí?, flw, mão, oi, olá, pele morena escura, taí?, tchau |
| Nederlands (nl) | zwaaiende hand: donkergetinte huidskleur | ben je er, doei, donkergetinte huidskleur, 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: mellanmörk hy | är du där?, hallå, hand, hej, mellanmörk hy, vinka, vinkande hand, vinkning |
| Polski (pl) | machająca dłoń: karnacja średnio ciemna | cześć, dłoń, halo, hej, karnacja średnio ciemna, machać, machająca dłoń, pa, papa, powitanie, pożegnanie, ręka, witaj |
| Türkçe (tr) | el sallama: orta koyu cilt tonu | bay bay, bye, el, görüşürüz, güle güle, hey, merhaba, orada mısın, orta koyu cilt tonu, sallama, sallamak, selam |
| Русский (ru) | машет рукой: темный тон кожи | взмах, привет, приветствие, прощание, рука, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | рука махає: помірно темний тон шкіри | бувай, вітання, вітаю, дай пʼять, до зустрічі, долоня, махати, помах, помірно темний тон шкіри, привіт, рука, рука махає, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι που χαιρετά: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | bb, αντίο, αργότερα, γεια, είσαι εκεί, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, νεύμα, σώμα, τα λέμε, τι λέει, χαιρετισμούς, χαιρετώ, χέρι, χέρι που χαιρετά |
| العربية (ar) | تلويح باليد: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | أهلا, إلى اللقاء, انظر إلي, باي, بدي روح, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, تأشير, ترحيب, تلويح, لاحقًا, مرحبا, هاي, هلا, يد |
| עברית (he) | יד מנופפת: גוון עור כהה בינוני | ביי, גוון עור כהה בינוני, היי, יד, כיף, להתראות, מנופפת, שלום |
| فارسی (fa) | تکان دادن دست: پوست گندمی | آهای, اونجایی؟, با توام, بدن, بیرون, پوست گندمی, تا بعد, تکان, تکان دادن, تکان دادن دست, خداحافظ, خوشامدگویی, دست, سلام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथ हिलाना: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | अभी के लिए बाय, अलविदा, क्या आप हैं?, बाद में बात करते हैं, बाय, बाय-बाय, मैं जा रहा हूँ, मैं जा रही हूँ, हल्की साँवली त्वचा, हाथ, हिलाना, हैलो |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাত নাড়ানো: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | দোলানো, নাড়ানো, বিদায় জানানো, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, শরীর, হাই, হাত, হ্যালো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan melambai: warna kulit gelap-sedang | badan, dadah, dah, hai, halo, jari, lambai, sampai jumpa, tangan, tangan melambai, tubuh, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | vẫy tay: màu da tối trung bình | chào, chào nhé, có ai ở đó không?, đang vẫy, màu da tối trung bình, tay, vẫy, vẫy tay nè, xin chào |
| ไทย (th) | โบกมือ: โทนผิวสีแทน | ทักทาย, โทนผิวสีแทน, บ๊ายบาย, โบกมือ, ไปก่อนนะ, ร่ำลา, สวัสดี, หวัดดี, อวัยวะ, ฮัลโหล |
| 日本語 (ja) | 手を振る: やや濃い肌色 | あいさつ, さようなら, バイバイ, ハロー, またね, やや濃い肌色, 手, 手を振る |
| 한국어 (ko) | 흔드는 손: 진한 갈색 피부 | 거기 있어?, 나중에 봐, 똑똑, 바이, 안녕, 이따가 봐, 잘가, 진한 갈색 피부, 펼친 손, 헤이, 흔드는 손 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 挥手: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 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：褐皮膚 | 再見, 手, 手勢, 拜拜, 揮手, 是你嗎, 褐皮膚, 該走了, 閃人 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wuiwende hand: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsa a ɛrehim: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): dorë që tundet: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ተወዛዋዥ እጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): թափահարող ձեռք․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): হাত লৰোৱা: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): əl sallayan əllər: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул болғау: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): mugitzen ari den eskua: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): махае рукой: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): mahanje rukom: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Махане с ръка: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ဝှေ့ယမ်းနေသည့် လက် − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): signe de la main : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 揮手: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 挥手: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): mà que saluda: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏲᎵᎭ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 揮手：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): аллипе сулать: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): ruka koja maše: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): mávající ruka: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): vinker: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): lehvitav käsi: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão a acenar: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): veitrandi hond: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): kumakaway na kamay: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): käden heilautus: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): man saudando: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ქნევა: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): હાથ હલાવવા: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): hannu mai wurgawa: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): wave karta haath: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): integető kéz: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): hönd veifar: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): na-efe aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): lámh ag croitheadh: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): tangan ngawe-awe: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): afus yettwehhin: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕೈ ಬೀಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қол бұлғау: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول بۇلعاۋ: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បក់ដៃ: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza gipepera: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): हात हालोवप: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол булгалоо: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Upam q’ab’aj: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ໂບກມື: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): mājoša roka: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): man ch’a salua: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): mojuojanti ranka: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kiwajuca ruka: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): wénkend Hand: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): мавтање со рака: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): lambai tangan: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): വീശുന്ന കൈ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): id ixxejjer: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): हवेत हलविणारा हात: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мэндчилж байгаа гар: бордуу
- Māori (mi): ringa pōhirihiri: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): हल्लाइरहेको हात: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Wev: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo le dumedišago: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): vinkende hånd: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): vinkande hand: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ଦୋଳାୟମାନ ହାତ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka raasuu: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): لاس ښورول: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ ਹਿਲਾਉਣਾ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ ہلاندیاں: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): qinquykachasqa maki: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): mână fluturată: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dar dal maun: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh a’ smèideadh: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): рука која маше: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka koja maše: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ဝႆမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): لڏندڙ هٿ: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): අත වැනීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): mávajúca ruka: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): mahajoča dlan: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan haadin: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mkono unaopunga: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): ҳаракати пешу қафои даст: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கையசைத்தல்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): చేయి ఊపడం: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝወዛወዝ ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): nima taʻataʻalo: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le tsholeditsweng: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): galgaýan el: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kiwaca ruka: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): ہاتھ لہرانا: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قول پۇلاڭلىتىش: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): shapaloq: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): llaw yn chwifio: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): tàllal loxo: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): ukuwangawangisa isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): N Juwọ: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): N Juwɔ: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukuphakamisa isandla: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F44B U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `👋🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F44B\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F44B}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F44B\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 8B F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC4B D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%8B%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does 👋🏾 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. 👋🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 👋🏾 and 👋?

👋🏾 is the 👋 waving hand emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 👋 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F44B U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 👋🏾?

Find 👋 in your emoji keyboard by searching “waving hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 👋🏾?

U+1F44B U+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 👋🏾

### When was 👋🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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