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Previously displayed with&nbsp;a gendered appearance, now shown as <a href="/neutral/">gender neutral</a> on most platforms.

previously-gendered

A person with its&nbsp;hand in the air, as if it wants to ask or answer a question.

Generally displayed as a woman, but is not defined as one particular gender.&nbsp;Previously showed&nbsp;a blob-like gender-inclusive character&nbsp;in the Google artwork.

Happy Person Raising One Hand

Man Raising Hand

Woman Raising Hand

A person getting his or her&nbsp;face massaged.

Apple&rsquo;s artwork&nbsp;for this character shows more of a head massage. Google and Microsoft display a more accurate face massage, with hands rubbing the cheeks&nbsp;and face.

Face Massage

A person tipping their hand by their shoulder as if they&rsquo;re carrying a tray of drinks or flipping their hair. Originally called Information Desk Person.

This emoji is commonly used to express sassiness or sarcasm.

While no gender is specified, <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/person-tipping-hand/">many</a> <a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/person-tipping-hand/">early</a> <a href="/google/android-4.4/person-tipping-hand/">designs</a>&nbsp;displayed this emoji as a woman. Google&rsquo;s 2014 design shows <a href="/google/android-5.0/person-tipping-hand/">a blob wearing white gloves and a pillbox hat</a>. Microsoft&rsquo;s 2015 design shows <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/person-tipping-hand/">a woman doing this gesture while winking</a>, a facial expression that further reinforces the sassy and sarcastic uses of this emoji.

Information Desk Person

A&nbsp;raised hand, showing the reverse side of the palm.&nbsp;May be paired with the forward-facing <a href="/raised-hand/" title="✋ Raised Hand">raised hand emoji</a>.

Raised Back of Hand

A person shrugging their shoulders to indicate a lack of knowledge about a particular topic, or a lack of care about the result of a situation.&nbsp;&macr;\_(ツ)_/&macr;

Displays as raised shoulders, sometimes in conjunction with raised arms and flat hands. The shrug gesture in text (emoticon / kaomoji) form is known as a <a href="https://kaomojipedia.org/shruggie/">shruggie</a> and typed as: &macr;\_(ツ)_/&macr;

The Unicode character&nbsp;Shrug&nbsp;(&quot;Person Shrugging&quot;)&nbsp;does not specify a gender, though it was previously shown as a woman on most platforms. See also&nbsp;<a href="/woman-shrugging/">Woman Shrugging</a> or&nbsp;<a href="/man-shrugging/">Man Shrugging</a>.

Shrug

A fist raised in the air that may be used as a celebratory gesture: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_pump">fist pump</a>.&nbsp;Can also be used to represent <a href="/keycap-digit-zero/" title="0⃣ Keycap 0">zero</a> items, due to a lack of any fingers being held up.

Sometimes used as a symbol of&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/the-resistance-will-be-emojified/">resistance</a>&nbsp;or defiance. Variations with darker skin tone are commonly used <a href="/raised-fist-dark-skin-tone/">to represent the #BlackLivesMatter movement</a>.

Raised Fist

A person with a serious expression,&nbsp;showing mild displeasure&nbsp;with the situation. Could be considered to be reserved or stoic in response, as this person is not visible angry.

Quite different to the&nbsp;<a href="/pouting-face/" title="😡 Pouting Face">Pouting Face Emoji</a>&nbsp;which conveys a more aggressive tone, and is a smiley. <a href="/pouting-cat/">Pouting Cat Face</a> is a cat.

Person with Pouting Face

The female version of the <a href="/person-raising-hand/">🙋&nbsp;Happy Person Raising One Hand</a> emoji.&nbsp;Currently identical in appearance to the non-gendered base emoji.

The man version of the <a href="/person-raising-hand/">🙋&nbsp;Happy Person Raising One Hand</a> emoji.

A hand waving most commonly used to say &ldquo;hello&rdquo; or &ldquo;goodbye&rdquo;.

This emoji can be used to convey a sense of <a href="https://youtu.be/ukJmB4rLNKA?t=2m">not being friends any more</a>&nbsp;when used on WeChat in China.

Waving Hand Sign

A person gesturing with their index finger between ear and mouth, used as a deaf sign&nbsp;in American Sign Language (ASL) and a number of other global sign languages. See also <a href="/ear-with-hearing-aid/">🦻 Ear With Hearing Aid</a>.

Deaf Person

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Person Raising Hand: Light Skin Tone

Person Raising Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Person Raising Hand: Medium Skin Tone

Person Raising Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Person Raising Hand: Dark Skin Tone

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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An animated subset of the licensable JoyPixels emoji set.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

Person Raising Hand

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