👐Two opened hands smiley

👐 Open hands

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👐 Emoji meaning

Affection, joy, openness, hug.

Table of Contents

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

👐 Meaning

The two opened hands are stretched toward the counterpart. Represents affection and openness. Could also stand for a hug.

Examples

  • You're finally here! 👐
  • Do you want to meet up? 👐
  • Come here, let me give you a hug. 👐

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Open hands
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Palms up together

Open hands vs palms up together; both show two open hands and can mean giving or receiving.

Same Shape

Open hands
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Smiling face with open hands

Open hands vs hugging face; both visually suggest a hug or welcoming gesture.

Variants

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

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Open 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

+ hands + hug + jazz + swerve

Keywords removed

- open hands

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ open hands

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hand + open

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

(3) Comments

  • Blessings, Aashirwad 👐️

  • Great for hailing someone.

  • Two open and reaching hands, often interpreted as a gesture for grabbing or holding something, but can also imply playful or mischievous actions.