Raised Hand

✋ is a raised hand. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to ask or volunteer.

Skin tones

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

raised hand

raised hand: light skin tone

raised hand: medium-light skin tone

raised hand: medium skin tone

raised hand: medium-dark skin tone

raised hand: dark skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: RAISED HAND
CLDR short name: raised hand
Codepoint: U+270B
Hex: 270B
Emoji version: 0.6
Unicode version: 6.0
First released: 2010
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: hand-fingers-open
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.

:hand::raised_hand:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

5 · five · hand · high · raised · stop

How it looks

Raised Hand — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

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 ✋ raised hand emoji mean?: ✋ is a raised hand. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to ask or volunteer.
What is the Unicode codepoint for ✋?: U+270B, named RAISED HAND in the Unicode Standard.
When was the ✋ raised 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 “raised 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 :hand: or :raised_hand: 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.