raising hands: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F64C 1F3FF
Description
Two raised hands palms up, featuring a dark skin tone, symbolizing celebration, praise, or success. The hands are often depicted with fingers spread, indicating an open and enthusiastic gesture.
Group:
People & Body > hands
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents joy, elation, congratulations, triumph, or a 'hands up' gesture of surrender or praise. It is often used to express excitement, agreement, or a sense of accomplishment.
Backstory
The 'person raising hands' emoji (U+1F64C) was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The dark skin tone modifier (U+1F3FF) was added with Unicode 8.0 in 2015, as part of efforts to provide a wider range of skin tone options for human-depicting emojis.
Usage Examples
- Celebrating an achievement: 'We did it! 🙌🏿'
- Expressing joy: 'So happy for you! 🙌🏿'
- Indicating praise or agreement: 'Couldn't agree more! Praise! 🙌🏿'
- As a 'hands up' gesture: 'Put your hands up if you love this song! 🙌🏿'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used for celebration, high-fives, or 'praise the Lord' / 'hallelujah' in Christian contexts. Also used to show approval or agreement with a statement.
East Asian culture:
Can represent a 'banzai' cheer, a gesture of celebration or excitement. In some contexts, it might be interpreted more broadly as raising hands for attention or agreement.