✋Raised Hand Emoji

✋ Raised hand

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✋ Emoji meaning

Stop, pause, greeting, goodbye, high five.

Table of Contents

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

✋ Meaning

Emoji shows a raised palm with fingers. It stands for a welcome or farewell as well as for “Stop, I've had enough!“ High five want to congratulate or celebrate a success.

Examples

  • See you later! ✋
  • Are you coming too? ✋
  • I'm stepping out for a bit. ✋

Learn more about the meaning

Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Raised hand
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Rightwards pushing hand

Rightwards pushing hand vs raised hand; again, an extended palm that can be interpreted as stop.

Same Shape

Raised hand
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Waving hand

Waving hand vs raised hand; both used for greeting or saying hi/bye, wave lines may not be obvious.

Raised hand
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Raised back of hand

Raised back of hand vs raised hand; both show an open palm gesture for stop or high-five.

Raised hand
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Hand with fingers splayed

Raised hand vs hand with fingers splayed; fingers spread difference is small, both open handed.

Raised hand
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Leftwards pushing hand

Pushing hand vs raised hand; both look like a flat palm turned outward, used for stop or blocking.

Variants

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

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Raised hand” 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

+ 5 + five + high + raised + stop

Keywords removed

- high 5 - high five - raised hand

In the release of Emoji 13.1 and Unicode 13.0 in 2020 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ high 5 + high five

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ raised hand

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hand

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

  • In a classroom or as part of an audience, indicate that you want to answer a question or get more information.

  • A raised hand to say “Me.“

  • This is a blessing for you in Indian culture!