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🤏 Pinching hand

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🤏 Emoji meaning

Almost there! Tiny, little, minimal.

Table of Contents

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

🤏 Meaning

Just this tiny bit is missing! Thumb and forefinger are close together to grab a small object. Indication that something is small or only available in small quantities.

Examples

  • So close! 🤏
  • Just a little more. 🤏
  • Can you move it a bit? 🤏

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Pinching hand
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Pinched fingers

Pinched fingers vs pinching hand; both use fingers pressed together, meaning small or precise amount.

Pinching hand
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Backhand index pointing left

Pinching hand vs pointing; both use thumb and index finger, shape may look like a pointing gesture.

Variants

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

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Pinching hand” was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 .

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ amount + bit + fingers + hand + little + pinching + small + sort

Keywords removed

- pinching hand - small amount

In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ pinching hand + small amount

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

(2) Comments

  • It represents the size of the sexual part of the man.

  • Used to express 'What are these?' or 'Who is this?' or to indicate that something lacks meaning.