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What is this emoji ✋? The ✋ emoji, also known as 'Raised Hand', depicts a single hand raised in the air with the palm facing outwards. It is commonly used to represent a greeting, a high-five, or to indicate the need for attention or a pause. The emoji can convey various meanings of stop, halt, or wait, depending on the context. Additionally, it can be used to symbolize solidarity, agreement, or support.
Skin Tones
✋ Raised Hand raised_hand, fingers, stop, highfive, palm, ban
✋✋🏻 Raised Hand raised_hand, fingers, stop, highfive, palm, ban
✋🏻✋🏼 Raised Hand raised_hand, fingers, stop, highfive, palm, ban
✋🏼✋🏽 Raised Hand raised_hand, fingers, stop, highfive, palm, ban
✋🏽✋🏾 Raised Hand raised_hand, fingers, stop, highfive, palm, ban
✋🏾✋🏿 Raised Hand raised_hand, fingers, stop, highfive, palm, ban
✋🏿Meaning of emoji ✋?
Wondering what the Raised Hand emoji means on Snapchat, X or in a text message?
The ✋ emoji can have different meanings in different contexts. It is often used to signal a greeting or acknowledgment, similar to waving hello or goodbye. It can also be used as a symbol of a high-five, representing congratulations, praise, or celebration. In some instances, it may be used to signal the need for attention or to pause a conversation. Additionally, the ✋ emoji can express solidarity or agreement, indicating support or unity with a particular cause or statement.
What does ✋ mean from a girl or a boy?
Unicode defines what ✋ depicts, but not what someone means by sending it. For raised hand the reading depends almost entirely on the conversation around it — the same emoji lands differently in a group chat and in a one-on-one thread.
Compare how ✋ and 30 other emojis read from a girl and from a boy, or paste a whole string into the emoji combo decoder to break it apart — it also flags the repeated-block patterns that are bot spam rather than a message.
How to use raised hand emoji?
Here some raised hand emoji usage examples:
- Hey, ✋ how are you?
- Can I give you a ✋?
- ✋ Please wait for a moment.
- I need to ✋ the conversation for a minute.
- ✋✋ Solidarity with the cause!
- I'm ✋ behind you all the way!
The raised hand related emojis?
👇 Backhand Index Pointing Down backhand_index_pointing_down, fingers, hand, direction, down
👇👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left backhand_index_pointing_left, direction, fingers, hand, left
👈👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right backhand_index_pointing_right, fingers, hand, direction, right
👉👆 Backhand Index Pointing Up backhand_index_pointing_up, fingers, hand, direction, up
👆🤙 Call Me Hand call_me_hand, hands, gesture, shaka
🤙👏 Clapping Hands clapping_hands, hands, praise, applause, congrats, yay
👏🤞 Crossed Fingers crossed_fingers, good, lucky
🤞💪 Flexed Biceps flexed_biceps, arm, flex, hand, summer, strong, biceps
💪🙏 Folded Hands folded_hands, please, hope, wish, namaste, highfive, pray, thank you, thanks, appreciate
🙏🦶 Foot foot, kick, stomp
🦶👣 Footprints footprints, feet, tracking, walking, beach
👣🖐️ Hand with Fingers Splayed hand_with_fingers_splayed, hand, fingers, palm
🖐️🤝 Handshake handshake, agreement, shake
🤝🤛 Left Facing Fist left_facing_fist, hand, fistbump
🤛🦵 Leg leg, kick, limb
🦵🤟 Love-You Gesture love_you_gesture, hand, fingers, gesture
🤟🦾 Mechanical Arm mechanical_arm, accessibility
🦾👊 Fisted Hand Sign oncoming_fist, angry, violence, fist, hit, attack, hand
👊👐 Open Hands open_hands, fingers, butterfly, hands, open
👐🤲 Palms Up Together palms_up_together, hands, gesture, cupped, prayer
🤲🤚 Raised Back of Hand raised_back_of_hand, fingers, raised, backhand
🤚✊ Raised Fist raised_fist, fingers, hand, grasp
✊✋ Raised Hand raised_hand, fingers, stop, highfive, palm, ban
✋🙌 Raising Hands raising_hands, gesture, hooray, yea, celebration, hands
🙌🤜 Right-Facing Fist right_facing_fist, hand, fistbump
🤜🤘 Sign of the Horns sign_of_the_horns, hand, fingers, evil_eye, sign_of_horns, rock_on
🤘👎 Thumbs Down thumbs_down, thumbsdown, no, dislike, hand, -1
👎👍 Thumbs Up thumbs_up, thumbsup, yes, awesome, good, agree, accept, cool, hand, like, +1
👍🖖 Vulcan Salute vulcan_salute, hand, fingers, spock, star trek
🖖👋 Waving Hand waving_hand, hands, gesture, goodbye, solong, farewell, hello, hi, palm
👋✍️ Writing Hand writing_hand, lower_left_ballpoint_pen, stationery, write, compose
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