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🙌 Raising Hands Emoji

Copy and paste the Raising Hands emoji (🙌) in one click. Explore its Gestures & Body Parts meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+1F64C).

What Does the Raising Hands Emoji Mean?

Unicode Definition: Two hands raised high in the air with open palms, celebrating and expressing praise.

Context & Expression: Expresses celebration, praising success, shouting 'hallelujah', or profound gratitude ('amen').

Context Tip: Pairing Raising Hands (🙌) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.

Modern Texting & Social Usage

Common reaction in team Slack/Discord channels when a long blocker is finally unblocked or vacation starts.

💡 Quick Usage Tip:

Combine 🙌 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.

Real-Life Chat Examples

See how the Raising Hands emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.

Priya

Final bug in the production pipeline has been identified and patched!

You

Praise the engineering gods 🙌 weekend is officially saved

Priya

Everyone log off and enjoy the sunshine!

When to Use 🙌

  • Celebrating major hurdles cleared or breakthroughs achieved.
  • Expressing spiritual praise, gratitude, or rejoicing.
  • Hyping up team announcements.

When to Avoid 🙌

  • Solemn occasions.
  • Quiet formal transactions.
CROSS-PLATFORM DISPLAY

How Raising Hands Looks Across Operating Systems & Fonts

Apple shows two palms facing forward with yellow radiating rays; Google features blue vibration arcs; Microsoft highlights palms with bold borders.

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Apple iOS / macOS Rendering

High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting

System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'
Platform / VendorGlyph PreviewSystem Emoji FontRendering Behavior
Apple iOS / macOS🙌Apple Color EmojiHigh-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
Google Android🙌Noto Color EmojiClean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry
Samsung One UI🙌Samsung Color EmojiVibrant high-contrast One UI color styling
Microsoft Windows🙌Segoe UI EmojiFluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags)
X / Discord (Twemoji)🙌Twitter Color EmojiFlat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography

Technical & Developer Specifications

Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.

Character🙌
Official Unicode NameRaising Hands
Unicode Code PointU+1F64C
HTML Decimal Entity🙌
HTML Hex Entity🙌
CSS Escape Code\01F64C
JavaScript / ES6 Escape\u{1F64C}
UTF-8 Hex BytesF0 9F 99 8C
Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub):raising_hands:
Emoji / Unicode VersionEmoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Category & SubgroupGestures & Body Parts (clapping)

Frequently Asked Questions About Raising Hands (🙌)

Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.

What is the emotional and conversational meaning of Raising Hands (🙌)?

Expresses celebration, praising success, shouting 'hallelujah', or profound gratitude ('amen'). It belongs to the Gestures & Body Parts category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).

How is the Raising Hands emoji (🙌) used on TikTok, Instagram, and Discord?

Common reaction in team Slack/Discord channels when a long blocker is finally unblocked or vacation starts.

How do I copy and paste 🙌 on iPhone, Android, Mac, or Windows?

Click the "Copy Emoji (🙌)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.

What are the Unicode, HTML, CSS, and JS developer codes for Raising Hands?

The Unicode code point is U+1F64C (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 🙌 or 🙌; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F64C"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F64C}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :raising_hands:.

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