Emoji 0.6

waving hand

Also known as bye, cya, g2g, greetings, gtg

A hand with fingers together and palm facing forward, moving side to side as if waving in greeting or farewell.

Unicode U+1F44B Added in Emoji 0.6 Category people & body Subcategory fingers open

Meaning

The waving hand emoji is commonly used to say hello or goodbye in text messages and social media. It can also signal that someone is leaving a conversation or acknowledging another person's presence.

Unicode name

The Unicode character U+1F44B is named WAVING HAND SIGN and represents a hand waving, typically used to express greeting or farewell.

Platform designs

👋

System

Twemoji

OpenMoji

Apple

Apple design shows a light-skinned hand with five fingers extended and slightly spread, oriented palm forward, with motion lines suggesting a waving gesture.

Google

Google Noto design features a hand with fingers together and thumb outward, palm facing left, with small curved motion lines beside it to indicate waving.

Twitter

Twemoji design depicts a hand with fingers separated and palm facing forward, rendered in a flat, cartoonish style with subtle shading and no motion lines.

Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Skin Tones

👋 👋🏻 👋🏼 👋🏽 👋🏾 👋🏿

Frequently Asked Questions

Which category does 👋 waving hand belong to?

👋 waving hand belongs to the people & body category, which contains 390 emojis.

Which Unicode version added 👋 waving hand?

👋 waving hand was added in Emoji 0.6. Its codepoint is U+1F44B, made up of 1 code points.