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waving hand emoji (Twemoji design)

👋 Waving hand emoji

Meaning

Its official Unicode name is waving hand, filed under fingers open in the people & body group. Keyboards find it when you search for “bye”, “cya”, “g2g”, “greetings”, “gtg”, “hand”. It supports five skin-tone variants.

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Questions

What does the waving hand emoji mean?

👋 is the waving hand emoji, part of the “fingers open” set in people & body. It is used for bye, cya, g2g, greetings, and its exact tone depends on the conversation.

How do I copy and paste the waving hand emoji?

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

When was the waving hand 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.