waving hand Emoji
👋 · U+1F44B · Emoji 0.6
What does the waving hand emoji mean?
When parting ways, greeting someone, or trying to get attention, individuals often reach for the waving hand emoji, which directly represents the act of waving one's hand in greeting or farewell, and is also used figuratively to express goodbye, hello, or to acknowledge someone, with slang uses including a casual way to say goodbye or to signal the end of a conversation. Its meaning can be influenced by the context in which it is used, with different cultures and communities using the emoji in unique ways.
waving hand in every skin tone
This emoji takes a Fitzpatrick modifier. Click any tone to copy it.
waving hand emoji examples
- hey just got to the airport 👋
- 👋 talk to you later have a great day
How to copy the waving hand emoji
To use the waving hand emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F44B), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
waving hand emoji on different platforms
How the waving hand emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
waving hand Emoji Details
| Emoji | 👋 |
| Name | waving hand |
| Category | People & Body |
| Codepoints | U+1F44B |
| Shortcode | :wave: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 0.6 (2010) |
waving hand Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F44B, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :wave:.
People also search for the waving hand emoji as bye, cya, g2g, greetings, gtg.