woman raising hand
Unicode: 1F64B 200D 2640
Description
A person raising hand, gendered as female. This emoji depicts a woman with one hand raised, often signifying acknowledgment, participation, asking a question, or indicating a desire to be noticed.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
minimally-qualified
Emotion:
Can convey eagerness, politeness, seeking attention, asking for clarification, or volunteering.
Backstory
The 'Person Raising Hand' emoji (1F64B) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The ZWJ sequence 'Person: Woman Raising Hand' (1F64B 200D 2640 FE0F) was added later to specifically represent a female figure, making gender-specific options available. The 'FE0F' (Variation Selector-16) is often appended for emoji presentation.
Usage Examples
- Volunteering for a task: 'I can do it! 🙋♀️'
- Asking a question in a group: 'Question about this point? 🙋♀️'
- Agreeing with a statement: 'Exactly! 🙋♀️'
- Indicating presence or acknowledgment: 'I'm here! 🙋♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in educational settings to signify asking a question or volunteering an answer. Also used informally to express 'I agree' or 'pick me'.
East Asian culture:
Similar uses for agreement or volunteering. Less commonly used as a direct question pose in non-academic contexts compared to some Western uses.