woman raising hand: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F64B 1F3FE 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person with hand raised, depicted with dark skin, in a pose that can signify a question, request, or greeting. It is combined with the female sign emoji to indicate a woman.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Can express a range of emotions including inquiry, agreement, excitement, or a simple greeting. The specific emotion often depends on context.
Backstory
This emoji combines four distinct Unicode characters: raising hand (U+1F64B), medium-dark skin tone (U+1F3FE), zero width joiner (U+200D), and female sign (U+2640) with variation selector-16 (U+FE0F). The skin tone modifiers (like U+1F3FE) were introduced in Unicode 8.0 (2015) to allow for more diverse representation. The gendered variations (like U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F for female) were added in Unicode 9.0 (2016), enabling gender-specific representation of various emojis.
Usage Examples
- Asking a question in a group chat: 'Anyone know the answer? 🙋🏾♀️'
- Greeting someone: 'Hey there! 🙋🏾♀️'
- Volunteering: 'I can do it! 🙋🏾♀️'
- Indicating 'me too' or agreement: '🙋🏾♀️ Same here!'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used as a 'hi' or 'hello' gesture, or to indicate a question, participation, or even 'pick me'.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, but in some contexts, a hand raised can also signify worship or respect in religious or formal settings, though less common for this specific emoji.
Middle Eastern culture:
The specific gesture of a raised hand can have diverse meanings; context is crucial to avoid misinterpretation.