✍️ Writing Hand is an emoji from the People & Body category. Its Unicode code point is U+270D and it was released in Unicode 7.0 (2014). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ✍️ Writing Hand mean?
✍️ is the Writing Hand emoji, listed under People & Body → Hand Props in the Unicode emoji standard. It is commonly associated with hand, write and writing. It was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. It supports five skin tones: ✍🏻 ✍🏼 ✍🏽 ✍🏾 ✍🏿. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :writing_hand: to insert it.
Writing Hand skin tones & variations
Click to copy a variation:
Writing Hand emoji codes
| Emoji | ✍️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+270D |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ✍ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ✍ |
| CSS | \270D |
| JavaScript | \u{270D} |
| Python | \u270D |
| URL-encoded | %E2%9C%8D |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C 8D |
| Shortcode | :writing_hand: |
How to type ✍️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “writing hand”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “writing hand”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “hand”.
- HTML: write
✍in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Writing Hand keywords
- hand
- write
- writing
Frequently asked questions
What does ✍️ mean?
✍️ is the Writing Hand emoji, listed under People & Body → Hand Props in the Unicode emoji standard. It is commonly associated with hand, write and writing. It was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. It supports five skin tones: ✍🏻 ✍🏼 ✍🏽 ✍🏾 ✍🏿. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :writing_hand: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Writing 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 ✍️ Writing Hand added to Unicode?
Writing Hand was released as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014.
Does ✍️ come in different skin tones?
Yes. Writing Hand supports five skin-tone modifiers based on the Fitzpatrick scale: ✍🏻 ✍🏼 ✍🏽 ✍🏾 ✍🏿. Pick one from the list above to copy it.
Related Hand Props emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.