✋️ Raised Hand is an emoji from the People & Body category. Its Unicode code point is U+270B and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ✋️ Raised Hand mean?
✋️ Raised Hand is part of the “Fingers Open” set in the People & Body emoji category. People often use it in messages about 5, five, hand, high and raised. Raised Hand has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. It supports five skin tones: ✋🏻 ✋🏼 ✋🏽 ✋🏾 ✋🏿. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :hand: to insert it.
Raised Hand skin tones & variations
Click to copy a variation:
Raised Hand emoji codes
| Emoji | ✋️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+270B |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ✋ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ✋ |
| CSS | \270B |
| JavaScript | \u{270B} |
| Python | \u270B |
| URL-encoded | %E2%9C%8B |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C 8B |
| Shortcode | :hand: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :raised_hand: |
How to type ✋️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “raised hand”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “raised hand”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “hand”.
- HTML: write
✋in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Raised Hand keywords
- 5
- five
- hand
- high
- raised
- stop
Frequently asked questions
What does ✋️ mean?
✋️ Raised Hand is part of the “Fingers Open” set in the People & Body emoji category. People often use it in messages about 5, five, hand, high and raised. Raised Hand has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. It supports five skin tones: ✋🏻 ✋🏼 ✋🏽 ✋🏾 ✋🏿. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :hand: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Raised Hand emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ✋️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ✋️ Raised Hand added to Unicode?
Raised Hand was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Does ✋️ come in different skin tones?
Yes. Raised Hand supports five skin-tone modifiers based on the Fitzpatrick scale: ✋🏻 ✋🏼 ✋🏽 ✋🏾 ✋🏿. Pick one from the list above to copy it.
Related Fingers Open emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.