woman raising hand: light skin tone
Unicode: 1F64B 1F3FB 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person with hand raised, light skin tone, and a female sign, indicating a woman raising her hand in a gesture of greeting, asking a question, or showing agreement.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically expresses greeting, acknowledgement, agreement, asking a question, or showing enthusiasm.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ sequence combining the 'Person Gesturing No' (✋), skin tone modifier (🏻), ZWJ, and female sign (♀️) with a variation selector. It was introduced as part of Unicode 6.0 (2010), with the specific gendered and skin-toned sequence added in Unicode 7.0 (2014) and 8.0 (2015) respectively to allow for more inclusive representation of various individuals making a 'waving' or 'raising hand' gesture.
Usage Examples
- Greeting someone: 'Hey there! 🙋♀️'
- Asking a question in a group: 'I have a question! 🙋♀️'
- Showing agreement or volunteering: 'I'll do it! 🙋♀️'
- Drawing attention: 'Over here! 🙋♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used for greeting, 'hello,' 'hi,' or 'me too,' 'I agree.'
East Asian culture:
Can also be used for greeting or as a polite acknowledgement, similar to 'yes' or 'understood.'