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🖐🏼🖐🏼 Raised Hand: Medium Skin Tone EmojiUnicode: 1F590 1F3FC

Raised hand with medium skin tone.

Released in Part of Unicode 7.0, released in 2014 with skin tone modifiers added in Unicode 8.0 (2015). The skin tone modifier adds the medium skin tone to the hand.

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Meaning and Interpretation

"The 🖐🏼 emoji represents a raised hand with medium skin tone. It can convey a variety of meanings such as a greeting (hello), saying goodbye, requesting to speak or participate, or simply drawing attention. Additionally, it can be used to signal a 'stop' or share a high-five."

Symbolism

Greetings: Commonly used to wave when saying hello or goodbye in chat.
Participation: Represents raising a hand to get attention, asking for a turn, or offering to give input.
Stopping: Can symbolize a 'halt' request, 'wait a moment,' or demanding someone to stop.

Common Usage Scenarios

When greeting a friend in a text chat.
While participating in online group discussions to signal that you want to speak.
To humorously ask someone to stop talking too much in a light-hearted conversation.

Usage Examples in Conversation

Hey! Long time no see 🖐🏼 How have you been?

Excuse me, 🖐🏼 I have something to add to that discussion!

Wait a second 🖐🏼, I need to explain something before moving on.

Bye for now 🖐🏼, see you later!

Stop! 🖐🏼 That's enough of those dad jokes 😂.

Usage Guidelines and Etiquette

Use 🖐🏼 to start casual greetings or sign off in chats.
Be mindful of context when using 🖐🏼 in professional settings, as its casual tone could be misinterpreted.
Avoid using 🖐🏼 in overly formal messages as it conveys a relaxed, playful vibe.