👋 "waving hand" emoji (copy and paste)
waving hand
A hand waving most commonly used to say “hello” or “goodbye”.
Meaning of the waving hand Emoji
The waving hand emoji depicts a hand gesture typically used to convey greetings such as “hello” or farewells like “goodbye”. In certain contexts, such as on WeChat in China, it can also signify a sense of not being friends anymore. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name "Waving Hand Sign" and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Usage Examples
- Waving hello to a friend.
- Saying goodbye with a wave.
- Using it to greet someone in a video call.
- Indicating a farewell in a chat.
- Expressing a sense of distance in communication on WeChat.
Alternative Names
waving hand sign, hello, goodbye
Related Word Associations
hello, goodbye, waving, hand, gesture
Appearance in OpenMoji
Download the OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) version of the 👋 waving hand emoji for cross-platform use:
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SVG format:
Unicode Data
- Code Point(s):
- U+1F44B
- Version:
- Emoji E0.6
Developer Codes
| Shortcode (Discord) | :wave: |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :wave: |
| Shortcode (Slack) | :wave: |
| HTML Dec | 👋 |
| HTML Hex | 👋 |
| CSS | \01F44B |
| C, C++ & Python | \U0001f44b |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83D\uDC4B |
| Perl | \x{1F44B} |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F44B} |
| Punycode | xn--0v8h |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%91%8B |
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