✍️U+270D U+FE0F
Writing hand emoji
A hand holding a pen, writing. The theme is writing, signing, taking notes and authorship. Journaling, drafting posts or essays, signing documents and replying 'noted' all call for it.
- Unicode name
- writing hand
- Category
- People & body, Hands holding things
- Added
- Emoji 0.7 in 2014
- Code points
- U+270D U+FE0F
- Shortcode
:writing_hand:- Keywords
- hand, write, writing
How it looks
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 “writing hand”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “writing hand”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “writing hand”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “writing hand”.
- GitHub
- Type :writing_hand: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | mano escribiendo | escribir, lápiz, mano, mano escribiendo |
| Français | main qui écrit | écrire, main, main qui écrit |
| Deutsch | schreibende Hand | Hand, schreiben, schreibend, Stift |
| Italiano | mano che scrive | disegnare, mano che scrive, penna, scrivere, scrivere a mano |
| Português | escrevendo à mão | caneta, escrevendo, escrevendo à mão, mão |
| Nederlands | schrijvende hand | hand, schrijf, schrijven |
| Svenska | hand som skriver | hand, hand som skriver, skriver |
| Polski | pisząca dłoń | dłoń, długopis, pisać, pisać odręcznie, pisząca dłoń, piszę, ręka |
| Türkçe | yazı yazan el | beden, el, kalem tutma, yazı yazan el, yazma |
| Русский | пишущая рука | бумага, написать, писать, письмо, пишет, пишу, пишущая, рука, ручка |
| Українська | рука, що пише | писати, рука, рука, що пише, тіло, що пише |
| Ελληνικά | χέρι που γράφει | γράφω, σώμα, χέρι, χέρι που γράφει |
| العربية | يد تكتب | اكتب, تكتب, كتابة, يد, يد كاتبة, يكتب |
| עברית | יד כותבת | יד, כותבת, כתב יד, כתיבה, לכתוב |
| فارسی | نوشتن با دست | دست, نوشتن, نوشتن با دست |
| हिन्दी | लिखता हुआ हाथ | लिखता हुआ हाथ, लिखना, लिखने वाला हाथ, शरीर, हाथ |
| বাংলা | লেখার হাত | লেখা, লেখার হাত, শরীর, হাত, হাতে লেখা |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tangan menulis | badan, menulis, nulis, tangan, tubuh, tulis |
| Tiếng Việt | bàn tay đang viết | bàn tay đang viết, tay, viết |
| ไทย | เขียนหนังสือ | เขียน, เขียนหนังสือ, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 | 書いている手 | 手, 手で書く, 手書き, 書いている手 |
| 한국어 | 글을 쓰고 있는 손 | 글쓰기, 글을 쓰고 있는 손, 손, 연필 쥔 손 |
| 中文（简体） | 写字 | 写, 写字, 手, 笔 |
| 中文（繁體） | 寫 | 寫, 手寫, 書寫, 記錄 |
Names in 98 more languages
| Afrikaans | hand wat skryf |
|---|---|
| Akan | nsa a wɔde twerɛ nsɛm |
| Albanian | dorë që shkruan |
| Amharic | እየጻፈ ያለ እጅ |
| Armenian | գրող ձեռք |
| Assamese | লিখি থকা হাত |
| Azerbaijani | yazı əli |
| Bashkir | яҙыусы ҡул |
| Basque | idazten ari den eskua |
| Belarusian | пішучая рука |
| Bosnian | ruka koja piše |
| Breton | dorn o skrivañ |
| Bulgarian | Пишеща ръка |
| Burmese | စာရေးနေသည့် လက် |
| Cantonese | 寫字嘅手 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 写字嘅手 |
| Catalan | mà que escriu |
| Cherokee | ᎤᏬᏱ ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ |
| Chuvash | ҫыракан алӑ |
| Croatian | ruka koja piše |
| Czech | píšící ruka |
| Danish | skrivende hånd |
| Estonian | kirjutav käsi |
| European Portuguese | mão a escrever |
| Faroese | skrivandi hond |
| Filipino | nagsusulat na kamay |
| Finnish | kirjoittava käsi |
| Galician | man escribindo |
| Georgian | ხელი, რომელიც წერს |
| Gujarati | લખી રહેલો હાથ |
| Hausa | hannu mai rubutawa |
| Hindi (Latin) | likhta hua haath |
| Hungarian | író kéz |
| Icelandic | skrifandi hönd |
| Igbo | aka na-ede ihe |
| Irish | lámh scríbhneoireachta |
| Javanese | tangan nulis |
| Kalaallisut | skrivende hånd |
| Kannada | ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ |
| Kazakh | қолмен жазу |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | قولمەن جازۋ |
| Khmer | ដៃកាន់ប៊ិចសរសេរ |
| Kinyarwanda | ikiganza cyandika |
| Konkani | बरोवपाचो हात |
| Kyrgyz | жазып жаткан кол |
| Kʼicheʼ | Tz’ib’anem chi q’ab’aj |
| Lao | ມືກຳລັງຂຽນ |
| Latvian | rakstoša roka |
| Lithuanian | rašanti ranka |
| Lower Sorbian | pišuca ruka |
| Luxembourgish | schreiwend Hand |
| Macedonian | рака што пишува |
| Malay | tangan menulis |
| Malayalam | എഴുതുന്ന കൈ |
| Maltese | id li tikteb biha |
| Marathi | लिखाण करणारा हात |
| Mongolian | бичиж байгаа гар |
| Māori | ringa tuhituhi |
| Nepali | लेखिरहेको हात |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Hand Wé De Raít Sọ́mtin |
| Northern Sotho | seatla le ngwalago |
| Norwegian | skrivende hånd |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | skrivande hand |
| Odia | ଲେଖିବା ହାତ |
| Oromo | harka barreessu |
| Pashto | لیکونکې لاس |
| Punjabi | ਲਿਖਣਾ, ਲਿਖਾਈ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | لکھائی کردا ہتھ |
| Quechua | maki qillqachkan |
| Romanian | mână scriind |
| Romansh | maun che scriva |
| Scottish Gaelic | làmh a’ sgrìobhadh |
| Serbian | рука која пише |
| Serbian (Latin) | ruka koja piše |
| Shan | မိုဝ်းတႅမ်ႈ |
| Sindhi | لکندڙ هٿ |
| Sinhala | ලියමින් සිටින අත |
| Slovak | píšuca ruka |
| Slovenian | pišoča dlan |
| Somali | gacan wax qoraysa |
| Swahili | mkono unaoandika |
| Tajik | дасти навишта истода |
| Tamil | எழுதுதல் |
| Telugu | వ్రాస్తున్న చేయి |
| Tigrinya | ናይ ጽሕፈት ኢድ |
| Tongan | nima ʻoku tohi |
| Tswana | letsogo le le kwalang |
| Turkmen | ýazýan el |
| Upper Sorbian | ruka, kiž pisa |
| Urdu | لکھتا ہوا ہاتھ |
| Uyghur | يېزىۋاتقان قول |
| Uzbek | yozayotgan qo‘l |
| Welsh | dwylo yn ysgrifennu |
| Wolof | loxo buy bind |
| Xhosa | isandla esibhalayo |
| Yoruba | ńkọ́wé |
| Yoruba (Benin) | ńkɔ́wé |
| Zulu | isandla esibhalayo |
Codes
- Code points
U+270D U+FE0F- HTML
✍️- CSS
\270D\FE0F- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{270D}\u{FE0F}- Python
\u270D\uFE0F- UTF-8 bytes
E2 9C 8D EF B8 8F- UTF-16
270D FE0F- URL encoded
%E2%9C%8D%EF%B8%8F
Questions
What does the ✍️ writing hand emoji mean?
A hand holding a pen, writing. The theme is writing, signing, taking notes and authorship. Journaling, drafting posts or essays, signing documents and replying 'noted' all call for it.
How do I type the ✍️ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “writing 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 :writing_hand:.
When was the ✍️ emoji added?
✍️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.
What is the Unicode code point for ✍️?
U+270D U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ✍️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{270D}\u{FE0F}.
Does ✍️ come in different skin tones?
Yes. It comes in five skin tones: ✍🏻 light, ✍🏼 medium-light, ✍🏽 medium, ✍🏾 medium-dark and ✍🏿 dark.