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thumbs up emoji (Twemoji design)

👍️ Thumbs up emoji

Meaning

OK or approval. From older relatives it is friendly; among younger users a lone 👍 can read as curt or dismissive.

Its official Unicode name is thumbs up, filed under fingers closed in the people & body group. Keyboards find it when you search for “+1”, “good”, “hand”, “like”, “thumb”, “up”. It supports five skin-tone variants.

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Questions

What does the thumbs up emoji mean?

OK or approval. From older relatives it is friendly; among younger users a lone 👍 can read as curt or dismissive.

How do I copy and paste the thumbs up emoji?

Tap the Copy button on this page and paste 👍️ anywhere. On a keyboard, search your emoji panel for “+1”.

When was the thumbs up emoji added?

It arrived in Emoji 0.6, part of the original set carried over from Japanese phone carriers. Support depends on your phone’s software version.