Pinched Fingers

🤌 is pinched fingers. It is the Italian hand gesture for “what do you mean?” or exasperation, and is also used for something done perfectly.

Skin tones

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

pinched fingers

pinched fingers: light skin tone

pinched fingers: medium-light skin tone

pinched fingers: medium skin tone

pinched fingers: medium-dark skin tone

pinched fingers: dark skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: PINCHED FINGERS
CLDR short name: pinched fingers
Codepoint: U+1F90C
Hex: 1F90C
Emoji version: 13.0
Unicode version: 13.0
First released: 2020
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.

:pinched_fingers:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

fingers · gesture · hand · hold · huh · interrogation · patience · pinched · relax · sarcastic · ugh · what · zip

How it looks

Pinched Fingers — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Pinched 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

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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 🤌 pinched fingers emoji mean?: 🤌 is pinched fingers. It is the Italian hand gesture for “what do you mean?” or exasperation, and is also used for something done perfectly.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤌?: U+1F90C, named PINCHED FINGERS in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🤌 pinched fingers emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 13.0, published in 2020, alongside Unicode 13.0. 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 “pinched 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 :pinched_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.