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Waving Hand emoji ๐Ÿ‘‹

๐Ÿ‘‹ is the Waving Hand emoji, in Smileys & People. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like wave, hands, gesture, goodbye, solong.

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:wave:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

What ๐Ÿ‘‹ means

Hi or bye.

Skin tones

Every code for ๐Ÿ‘‹

NameWaving Hand
Shortcodes:wave:
CategorySmileys & People
Emoji versionEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Keywordswave, hands, gesture, goodbye, solong, farewell, hello, hi, palm
Code pointsU+1F44B
HTML👋
CSS\1F44B
JavaScript\u{1F44B}
Python\U0001f44b
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F 91 8B
URL encoded%F0%9F%91%8B

How to type ๐Ÿ‘‹

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :wave: in any text box and it turns into ๐Ÿ‘‹.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "waving hand" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "waving hand" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "waving hand".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "waving hand".
HTMLWrite 👋 in the page source.

Questions

About ๐Ÿ‘‹

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ๐Ÿ‘‹ mean?
Hi or bye.
What is the shortcode for ๐Ÿ‘‹?
:wave:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ๐Ÿ‘‹ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "waving hand". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ๐Ÿ‘‹?
U+1F44B, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML write 👋, in CSS "\1F44B", and in JavaScript "\u{1F44B}".

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