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👋 Waving hand

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👋 Emoji meaning

Arrive safely! Greeting, farewell, sarcasm.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Variants
  4.  Emoji History
  5.  Similar Emojis
  6.  Platforms
  7.  Emoji Details
  8.  Comments

👋 Meaning

Hello and goodbye! Have a good trip! A friendly waving hand. Can be used as a welcome or farewell. Or sarcastically, if you wished someone or something would disappear.

Examples

  • I'm heading out now. 👋
  • Hey, how are you doing? 👋
  • See you tomorrow, everyone! 👋

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Waving hand
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Raised back of hand

Waving hand vs raised back of hand; both open palms, difference is motion lines vs static pose.

Waving hand
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Raised hand

Waving hand vs raised hand; both used for greeting or saying hi/bye, wave lines may not be obvious.

Variants

Skin tones
Waving hand
Waving hand: light skin tone
Waving hand: medium-light skin tone
Waving hand: medium skin tone
Waving hand: medium-dark skin tone
Waving hand: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Waving hand” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bye + cya + g2g + greetings + gtg + hello + hey + hi + later + outtie + ttfn + ttyl + yo + you

Keywords removed

- waving

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- waving hand

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ waving hand

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hand + wave + waving

Similar emojis from "Hands and Body Parts"

Select Emoji
Hands and Body Parts
👋 Waving hand 🤚 Raised back of hand 🖐️ Hand with fingers splayed ✋ Raised hand 🖖 Vulcan salute 🫱 Rightwards hand 🫲 Leftwards hand 🫴 Palm up hand 🫳 Palm down hand 🫷 Leftwards pushing hand 🫸 Rightwards pushing hand 👌 OK hand 🤌 Pinched fingers 🤏 Pinching hand ✌️ Victory hand 🤞 Crossed fingers 🫰 Hand with index finger and thumb crossed 🤟 Love-you gesture 🤘 Sign of the horns 🤙 Call me hand 👈 Backhand index pointing left 👉 Backhand index pointing right 👆 Backhand index pointing up 🖕 Middle finger 👇 Backhand index pointing down ☝️ Index pointing up 🫵 Index pointing at the viewer 👍 Thumbs up 👎 Thumbs down 👊 Oncoming fist ✊ Raised fist 🤛 Left-facing fist 🤜 Right-facing fist 👏 Clapping hands 🙌 Raising hands 🫶 Heart hands 👐 Open hands 🤲 Palms up together 🤝 Handshake 🙏 Folded hands ✍️ Writing hand 💅 Nail polish 🤳 Selfie 💪 Flexed biceps 🦾 Mechanical arm 🦿 Mechanical leg 🦵 Leg 🦶 Foot 👂 Ear 🦻 Ear with hearing aid 👃 Nose 🧠 Brain 🫀 Anatomical heart 🫁 Lungs 🦷 Tooth 🦴 Bone 👀 Eyes 👁️ Eye 👅 Tongue 👄 Mouth 🫦 Biting lip 👣 Footprints 🫆 Fingerprint 🧬 Dna 🩸 Drop of blood
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Comments

(2) Comments

  • Can also be used for slapping.

  • Looking through all the emojis, I think the waving hand emoji is the best greeting for the nation's pride and victory. In a peaceful and grateful way. ❣