👐🏿
open hands: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F450 1F3FF
Description
A waving hand with a dark skin tone, typically depicted with fingers extended and palm facing forward.
Group:
People & Body > hands
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Generally conveys a friendly greeting, farewell, or simple acknowledgement. It can also be used to signal 'hello' or 'goodbye'.
Backstory
The waving hand emoji was part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone modifiers (like 1F3FF for Dark Skin Tone) were introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, allowing for greater diversity in emoji representation.
Usage Examples
- Greeting someone: 'Hi there! 👋🏾'
- Saying goodbye: 'See you later! 👋🏾'
- Acknowledging someone from a distance: '👋🏾'
- Signaling for attention: 'Hey! 👋🏾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Widely used for 'hello' or 'goodbye', often seen as a casual and universal gesture.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, but the specific nuance can vary. For example, a gentler wave might be preferred in some formal contexts.