Pinching Hand

🤏 is a pinching hand. It means “just a little bit” or something very small.

Skin tones

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

pinching hand

pinching hand: light skin tone

pinching hand: medium-light skin tone

pinching hand: medium skin tone

pinching hand: medium-dark skin tone

pinching hand: dark skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: PINCHING HAND
CLDR short name: pinching hand
Codepoint: U+1F90F
Hex: 1F90F
Emoji version: 12.0
Unicode version: 12.0
First released: 2019
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.

:pinching_hand:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

amount · bit · fingers · hand · little · pinching · small · sort

How it looks

Pinching Hand — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Pinching Hand — 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 🤏 pinching hand emoji mean?: 🤏 is a pinching hand. It means “just a little bit” or something very small.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤏?: U+1F90F, named PINCHING HAND in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🤏 pinching hand emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 12.0, published in 2019, alongside Unicode 12.0. 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 “pinching 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 :pinching_hand: 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.