woman raising hand: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F64B 1F3FC 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person with hand raised (gesture of greeting or waving), with medium light skin tone, specifically depicting a woman.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Varies depending on context; commonly expresses greeting, farewell, asking for attention, or surprise.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence that combines multiple code points to form a single, specific emoji. It combines 'Person Waving' (1F64B), 'Medium-Light Skin Tone' (1F3FC), 'ZWJ' (200D), 'Female Sign' (2640), and 'Emoji Variation Selector' (FE0F) to represent a woman waving with a medium-light skin tone. The base 'Person Waving' emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone modifiers and gender variations were added in later Unicode versions to offer more diverse representations.
Usage Examples
- Greeting someone: 'Hey there! 🙋🏼♀️'
- Waving goodbye: 'See you later! 🙋🏼♀️'
- Asking for attention: 'Teacher, I know the answer! 🙋🏼♀️'
- Expressing surprise or 'oops': 'I didn't mean to! 🙋🏼♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often signifies 'hello', 'goodbye', or 'pick me'.
East Asian culture:
Can be used similarly for greeting, but less common as a direct 'pick me' signal compared to some other gestures.