Waving Hand says hello or goodbye. It is also known as the wave emoji, hello emoji and hi emoji. ๐ Waving Hand is an emoji from the People & Body category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F44B and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ๐ Waving Hand mean?
Waving Hand says hello or goodbye. It is a friendly greeting to start or end a conversation.
๐ Waving Hand is part of the โFingers Openโ set in the People & Body emoji category. You will see it in chats and captions related to bye, cya, g2g, greetings and gtg. Waving Hand has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. It supports five skin tones: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :wave: to insert it.
Waving Hand skin tones & variations
Click to copy a variation:
Waving Hand emoji codes
| Emoji | ๐ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F44B |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 👋 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 👋 |
| CSS | \1F44B |
| JavaScript | \u{1F44B} |
| Python | \U0001F44B |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%91%8B |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 8B |
| Shortcode | :wave: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :waving_hand: |
How to type ๐ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for โwaving handโ.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for โwaving handโ.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search โhandโ.
- HTML: write
👋in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Waving Hand keywords
- bye
- cya
- g2g
- greetings
- gtg
- hand
- hello
- hey
- hi
- later
- outtie
- ttfn
- ttyl
- wave
- yo
- you
Frequently asked questions
What does ๐ mean?
Waving Hand says hello or goodbye. It is a friendly greeting to start or end a conversation.
What is the ๐ emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Waving Hand, but people also call it the wave emoji, hello emoji and hi emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Waving Hand emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ๐ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press โ Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ๐ Waving Hand added to Unicode?
Waving Hand was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Does ๐ come in different skin tones?
Yes. Waving Hand supports five skin-tone modifiers based on the Fitzpatrick scale: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Pick one from the list above to copy it.
Related Fingers Open emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicodeยฎ Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.