✋
People & Body
raised hand emoji
Palm-forward raised hand — stop, volunteering, or asking a question. Used to signal wanting to speak, pause an action, or acknowledge something.
Unicode data
| Character | ✋ |
| Codepoint | U+270B |
| Unicode name | RAISED HAND |
| Added in | Unicode 0.6 |
| Category | People & Body |
| Subcategory | hand-fingers-open |
| HTML entity | ✋ |
| Shortcode | :hand: |
Platform support
Apple / iOS✓ Supported
Google / Android✓ Supported
Twitter / X (Twemoji)✓ Supported
Platform designs vary — the same codepoint renders differently on iOS, Android, and web. Twemoji is the open-source reference used on this site (CC BY 4.0).
Shortcodes & aliases
:hand::raised_hand:Related emojis