woman raising hand: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F64B 1F3FD 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A woman raising her hand, with medium skin tone. She is facing forward, smiling, with one hand raised as if waving or indicating 'hello' or a question. The specific combination of code points indicates a woman with medium skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents greeting, asking a question, expressing 'hello' or 'hi', or indicating participation.
Backstory
This emoji sequence combines a person raising hand (1F64B), a medium skin tone modifier (1F3FD), a zero width joiner (200D), the female sign (2640), and a variation selector (FE0F) to specify a woman with medium skin tone. The base emoji (raising hand) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), and the skin tone modifiers arrived with Unicode 8.0 (2015).
Usage Examples
- Greeting someone: 'Hi there! 👋🏽'
- Asking a question in a group: 'I have a question! 👋🏽'
- Indicating 'I'm here': 'Present! 👋🏽'
- Waving goodbye: 'See you later! 👋🏽'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used for greeting, answering a call to raise hands, or showing participation.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage for greeting or indicating presence; sometimes used in a more formal context for 'question' or 'agreement'.