
๐ Person raising hand
๐ Emoji meaning
I have a question! Cheerfully raising your hand, volunteering to speak, answering.
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๐ Meaning
Person is cheerful and lifts a hand. Wants to be noticed and to say that he or she has a question or an answer.
Examples
- Iโm here! ๐
- Iโll go first. ๐
- Can I ask a question? ๐
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Person tipping hand vs raising hand; both involve raised arm and are used for โhere I amโ or sassy emphasis.
ZWJ Sequence
Person raising hand vs man raising hand; all raising-hand variants can be read simply as โmeโ or volunteering.
Person raising hand vs woman raising hand; gender marker difference is small when icons are tiny.
Variants
U+1F64B U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
U+1F64B U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji โPerson raising handโ 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 were 2 changes.
Emoji title before
happy person raising hand
Emoji title after
person raising hand
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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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