Hand With Fingers Splayed emoji meaning

What does 🖐️ mean in messages?

Unicode calls this emoji “hand with fingers splayed.” It can show the person, gesture, role, look, or action called hand with fingers splayed.

Use 🖐️ for people, gestures, roles, identity, or physical actions. Unicode calls it “hand with fingers splayed.” That name is a safe, neutral label when the social meaning is not clear.

For a wider view, browse people & body emoji, use the emoji meaning finder, or read the emoji meanings in context guide.

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Unicode construction and code points

This copyable emoji is a single-code-point emoji. It uses 1 core Unicode code point: U+1F590 raised hand with fingers splayed.

Version and platform support

The hand with fingers splayed emoji was introduced in Emoji 0.7 and is classified in the hand fingers open subgroup. This emoji has broad support on modern platforms, but its artwork can still differ substantially between vendors.

Alternate presentation forms

1 non-fully-qualified presentation form is indexed for search and compatibility testing. The fully qualified character above is recommended when copying.

Names, keywords, and classification

The standardized name is “hand with fingers splayed.” Search terms indexed for this entry include fingers, hand, splayed, with. It belongs to People & Body and the hand fingers open subgroup. These labels help identify and find the character; they do not prove a sender’s intended tone.

Accessibility and clear wording

For alt text, start with “hand with fingers splayed.” Use clearer words when the emoji is only decoration, a metaphor, or slang.

Do not use this emoji as the only carrier of an emergency, deadline, consent decision, medical instruction, or other high-stakes message. The character is standardized, but Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and social platforms supply different artwork.