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A hand held up showing its palm. May be used to mean stop, or as a high-five.

Raised Hand

A yellow face placing an index finger over pursed lips, as if issuing Shh!&nbsp;or Shush! for silence. Some platforms feature raised eyebrows. Apple&rsquo;s design suggests the face is tilting back slightly.&nbsp;

May convey silence, quiet, secrecy, and discreetness. May also create a sense of buzz and anticipation, e.g., an exclusive sneak peek or news scoop.

May also be combined with one of the <a href="/deaf-person">🧏&nbsp;Deaf Person</a> emojis to reference &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mewing_(orthotropics)">mewing</a>&quot;.

See also <a href="/zipper-mouth-face/">🤐&nbsp;Zipper-Mouth Face</a>. Joins <a href="/hugging-face/">🤗&nbsp;Hugging Face</a>, <a href="/thinking-face/">🤔&nbsp;Thinking Face</a>, and <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face With Hand Over Mouth</a> as one of the few smileys featuring hands.

Face with Finger Covering Closed Lips

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and a flat, closed mouth. Intended to depict a neutral sentiment but often used to convey mild irritation and concern or a deadpan sense of humor.

Neutral Face

A yellow face with flat, closed eyes and mouth. May convey a sense of frustration or annoyance more intense than suggested by&nbsp;<a href="/neutral-face/">😐 Neutral Face</a>,&nbsp;as if taking a moment to collect itself.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.1/expressionless-face/">previously</a> displayed this emoji with its eyes open, while Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/expressionless-face/">previously</a> had eyebrows.

Expressionless Face

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and no mouth, as if at a loss for words. Meaning widely varies, but commonly conveys speechlessness, humility, and silence.&nbsp;May also convey moderately negative emotions, such as disappointment, frustration, or sadness.&nbsp;

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/face-without-mouth/">previously featured</a> raised eyebrows and blushing cheeks.

Face Without Mouth

A yellow smiley face with closed eyes and a mouth with a subtle upward curl, shown with motion lines indicating that the smiley is shaking its head back and forth horizontally.

This is intended to depict a shaking head gesture, which is commonly (but not universally) used to indicate disagreement, denial, or rejection.

Head Shaking Horizontally

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&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 raised hand, with the fingers separated between the ring finger and the middle finger.

Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers

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

Two hands clapping emoji, which when used multiple times can be used&nbsp;as a round of applause.

Clapping Hands Sign

Two hands raised in the air, celebrating success or another joyous event.

<a href="/au-kddi/type-d-2/raising-hands/">Originally&nbsp;animated</a> to show hands being raised, as might be done along with the the exclamation&nbsp;Banzai!&nbsp;in Japan. Now more commonly only shows the hands in the air.

Person Raising Both Hands in Celebration

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

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

Man Raising Hand

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.

Woman Raising Hand

A person who is engaged in education. Generally depicted wearing a black graduation gown and cap, and occasionally holding a&nbsp;degree certificate or diploma.

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Student

A man who is engaged in education. Generally depicted wearing a black graduation gown and cap, and occasionally holding a&nbsp;degree certificate or diploma.

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Man Student

A woman who is engaged in education. Generally depicted wearing a black graduation gown and cap, and occasionally holding a&nbsp;degree certificate or diploma.

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Woman Student

A person standing in front of a chalkboard (aka blackboard) with the intention of teaching a class. Often shown holding a&nbsp;<a href="/closed-book/">📕 Closed Book</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_(rod)">pointer</a>.

Teacher

A man standing in front of a chalkboard (aka blackboard) with the intention of teaching a class.&nbsp;Often shown holding a&nbsp;<a href="/closed-book/">📕 Closed Book</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_(rod)">pointer</a>.

Man Teacher

A woman standing in front of a chalkboard (aka blackboard) with the intention of teaching a class.&nbsp;Often shown holding a&nbsp;<a href="/closed-book/">📕 Closed Book</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_(rod)">pointer</a>.

Woman Teacher

The front of a <a title="🚌 Bus" href="/bus/">bus</a>, showing the windscreen, as well as wing mirrors in some versions of this emoji.

Oncoming Bus

A <a title="👮 Police Officer" href="/police-officer/">police</a> car, shown with an <a title="🚨 Police Cars Revolving Light" href="/police-car-light/">emergency light</a> on the top.
This emoji is displayed from the front, as opposed to the <a title="🚓 Police Car" href="/police-car/">police car</a> emoji, which is shown from the side.

Oncoming Police Car

A yellow taxicab,&nbsp;iconically seen in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City">New York City</a>. Shown from the front, as opposed to the&nbsp;<a href="/taxi/" title="🚕 Taxi">taxi</a>&nbsp;emoji which displays the side of the vehicle.

Oncoming Taxi

A car&nbsp;being shown from the front. The windscreen and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_(vehicle)">hood</a> (bonnet in British English) of the car can be seen&nbsp;facing forward.

This car shows in red or blue on most platforms. It was <a href="/google/android-11.0/oncoming-automobile/">previously</a> silver on Android.

Oncoming Automobile

A sign indicating the location of a <a href="/bus/" title="🚌 Bus">bus</a> stop by the side of a road.

Some&nbsp;platforms display&nbsp;this as a red, white and blue sign which can be found in parts of Japan. This interpretation has a slight resemblance to&nbsp;the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Globe">Pepsi Globe</a>.

Other&nbsp;platforms base this emoji design&nbsp;on bus stop signage of&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/emojipedia/status/834368235202105345">other regions</a>.

Bus Stop

A red, octagonal sign, often but not always shown with a white or grey rim. Used in many countries as a stop sign.

Unlike other platforms,&nbsp;Huawei&#39;s design for this emoji displays the word &quot;STOP&quot;.

Octagonal Sign

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Raised Hand: Light Skin Tone

Raised Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone

Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Raised 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.

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

✋ Raised Hand on Twitter / X Twemoji 2.2

✋ Raised Hand on Twitter / X Twemoji 2.2

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