✍️ "writing hand" emoji (copy and paste)
writing hand
A hand holding a pen or pencil and writing.
Meaning of the writing hand Emoji
Used broadly to represent writing. Also used between words to show that a lesson is being learned and to indicate someone is taking notes, e.g., ✍️look✍️both✍️ways✍️before✍️you✍️cross✍️the✍️street. This use was popularized in TikTok comments and may be influenced by the use of 👏 Clapping Hands, reflecting speech-gesture pairings in Black English in the United States.
Usage Examples
- Taking notes in class ✍️
- Writing a letter ✍️
- Learning a lesson ✍️look✍️both✍️ways
- Signing a document ✍️
- Jotting down ideas ✍️
Alternative Names
writing hand, writing, pen, pencil
Related Word Associations
pen, pencil, note, lesson
Appearance in OpenMoji
Download the OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) version of the ✍️ writing hand emoji for cross-platform use:
PNG format:
SVG format:
Unicode Data
- Code Point(s):
- U+270D FE0F
- Version:
- Emoji E0.7
Developer Codes
| Shortcode (Discord) | :writing_hand: |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :writing_hand: |
| Shortcode (Slack) | :writing_hand: |
| HTML Dec | ✍️ |
| HTML Hex | ✍️ |
| CSS | \270D\FE0F |
| C, C++ & Python | \u270D\uFE0F |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \u270D\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{270D}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{270D}\u{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--z18h |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%9C%8D%EF%B8%8F |
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