Person Tipping Hand
💁 holds a palm up. Originally an information desk gesture, it is now mostly used to deliver a sassy remark or a piece of information.
Skin tones
Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- INFORMATION DESK PERSON
- CLDR short name
- person tipping hand
- Codepoint
- U+1F481
- Hex
- 1F481
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- First released
- 2010
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- person-gesture
- 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.
:tipping_hand_person::information_desk_person:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRfetch · flick · flip · gossip · hand · person · sarcasm · sarcastic · sassy · seriously · tipping · whatever
Tags
How it looks
Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)
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Questions people ask
- What does the 💁 person tipping hand emoji mean?
- 💁 holds a palm up. Originally an information desk gesture, it is now mostly used to deliver a sassy remark or a piece of information.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for 💁?
- U+1F481, named INFORMATION DESK PERSON in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the 💁 person tipping hand emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. 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 “person tipping hand”. 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 :tipping_hand_person: or :information_desk_person: and it turns into 💁 — those codes come 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.