Crossed Fingers

🤞 is crossed fingers. It means hoping for luck or wishing someone well.

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

crossed fingers

crossed fingers: light skin tone

crossed fingers: medium-light skin tone

crossed fingers: medium skin tone

crossed fingers: medium-dark skin tone

crossed fingers: dark skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: HAND WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CROSSED
CLDR short name: crossed fingers
Codepoint: U+1F91E
Hex: 1F91E
Emoji version: 3.0
Unicode version: 9.0
First released: 2016
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: hand-fingers-partial
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:crossed_fingers:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

cross · crossed · finger · fingers · hand · luck

How it looks

Crossed Fingers — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Crossed Fingers — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders 🤞 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🤞. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🤞 crossed fingers emoji mean?: 🤞 is crossed fingers. It means hoping for luck or wishing someone well.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤞?: U+1F91E, named HAND WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CROSSED in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🤞 crossed fingers emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 3.0, published in 2016, alongside Unicode 9.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🤞 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “crossed fingers”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🤞 from this page with one click.
Does 🤞 come in different skin tones?: Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: 🤞🏻 🤞🏼 🤞🏽 🤞🏾 🤞🏿. They all mean the same thing; long-press 🤞 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
What is the shortcode for 🤞?: On GitHub, type :crossed_fingers: and it turns into 🤞 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.