👍 Thumbs up
👍 Emoji meaning
You did a great job! Thumbs up, agreement, approval.
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👍 Meaning
Well done! Hand with thumb turned up. Stands for commitment, agreement and approval! Caution: In Arab countries, this is interpreted as showing the two fingers.
Examples
- Nice job! 👍
- That works well. 👍
- Does that sound good to you? 👍
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Default yellow thumbs up vs medium-tone thumbs up; users may send the wrong tone variant by habit.
Direction Variant
Thumbs down vs thumbs up; opposite meanings but nearly identical shape; mis-tap can reverse sentiment.
Oncoming fist vs thumbs up; both used as quick positive reactions (fist bump vs approval).
Clapping hands vs thumbs up; both show appreciation or praise, one as applause, the other as approval.
Variants
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Thumbs up” 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.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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Charani “OK!“