👏Clapping hands Emoji

👏 Clapping hands

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👏 Emoji meaning

Applause, approval, prayer, appreciation, even sarcastically.

Table of Contents

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

👏 Meaning

Bravo, very well done! Emoji shows two clapping hands. Is mostly used for expressing consent and appreciation. Can also be used sarcastically, if something truly doesn't deserve any applause!

Examples

  • Wasn't that amazing? 👏
  • You did a great job. 👏
  • Nice work, keep it up! 👏

Learn more about the meaning

Commonly confused with

Color Variant

Clapping hands
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Hundred points

Hundred points vs clapping; both used to strongly agree or praise something online.

Direction Variant

Clapping hands
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Thumbs up

Clapping hands vs thumbs up; both show appreciation or praise, one as applause, the other as approval.

Same Shape

Clapping hands
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Raised fist

Raised fist vs clapping; both repeated fists or hands in motion can be read as energetic encouragement.

Clapping hands
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Raising hands

Raising hands vs clapping; both are positive reactions for success or praise.

Clapping hands
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Handshake

Handshake vs clapping; both can close a deal or celebrate cooperation.

Clapping hands
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Folded hands

Folded hands vs clapping; both used to show gratitude, thanks, or respect.

Variants

Skin tones
Clapping hands
Clapping hands: light skin tone
Clapping hands: medium-light skin tone
Clapping hands: medium skin tone
Clapping hands: medium-dark skin tone
Clapping hands: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Clapping hands” 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

+ applause + approval + awesome + congrats + congratulations + excited + good + great + homie + job + nice + prayed + well + yay

Keywords removed

- clapping hands

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ clapping hands

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ clap + hand

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- clap

Similar emojis from "Hands and Body Parts"

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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

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  • I use this emoji as an appreciation and appeal.