# 👏 Clapping hands emoji

👏 Clapping hands is an emoji in the two hands set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: applause, approval, awesome, clap, congrats and congratulations.

- Emoji: 👏
- Unicode name: clapping hands
- Code points: U+1F44F
- Category: People & body, Two hands
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :clap:
- Keywords: applause, approval, awesome, clap, congrats, congratulations, excited, good, great, hand, homie, job, nice, prayed, well, yay
- Page: https://emojichart.com/clapping-hands-emoji

## What it means

Two hands clapping together. Applause and praise are the obvious reading, along with congratulations and approval. Use it for 'well done', for celebrating wins, and, with one placed between each word, to add emphasis to a statement.

## Skin tones

- 👏🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/clapping-hands-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44F U+1F3FB
- 👏🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/clapping-hands-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44F U+1F3FC
- 👏🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/clapping-hands-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44F U+1F3FD
- 👏🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/clapping-hands-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44F U+1F3FE
- 👏🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/clapping-hands-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44F U+1F3FF

## How to type 👏

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “clapping hands”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “clapping hands”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “clapping hands”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “clapping hands”.
- GitHub: Type :clap: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | manos aplaudiendo | aplaudir, manos, manos aplaudiendo, palmas, señal |
| Français (fr) | applaudissements | applaudissements, bien joué, bon travail, bravo, félicitations, formidable, geste, mains, mains qui applaudissent, super |
| Deutsch (de) | klatschende Hände | applaudieren, Applaus, Beifall, Gratulation, großartig, gut, Hand, Hände, Klatschen, klatschend, toll |
| Italiano (it) | mani che applaudono | applaudire, applauso, bravo, clap clap, complimenti, congratulazioni, mani che applaudono, ok, pregare, preghiera, segno, yeah |
| Português (pt) | mãos aplaudindo | aplauso, bom trabalho, mãos, mãos aplaudindo, palmas, parabéns, sinal |
| Nederlands (nl) | klappende handen | applaudiseren, applaus, bidden, dankjewel, gefeliciteerd, goed gedaan, goedkeuring, hand, hoera, klappen, klappende handen |
| Svenska (sv) | klappande händer | klappa, klappa händer, klappande händer |
| Polski (pl) | klaskanie | brawa, brawo, klaskać, klaskanie, oklaski, ręce, ręka |
| Türkçe (tr) | el çırpma | alkış, bravo, çırpma, el, eller, işaret, tebrik |
| Русский (ru) | аплодисменты | аплодисменты, движение, жест, овация, рука, хлопать |
| Українська (uk) | руки, що аплодують | аплодисменти, біс, браво, відмінно, вітання, оплески, плескати, рука, ура, чудово |
| Ελληνικά (el) | παλαμάκια | αγαπημένος, αδυναμία, αποδοχή, ενθουσιασμένος, καλή δουλειά, καταπληκτικός, μπράβο, παλαμάκια, προσδοκώμενο, προσεύχομαι, συγχαίρω, συγχαρητήρια, σώμα, υπέροχος, χειροκρότημα, χειροκροτώ, χέρι, χέρια που χειροκροτούν, ωραίο |
| العربية (ar) | يدان تصفقان | أصلي, أيادي, تزقيف, تصفيق, تصلي, زقف, صلاة, صلي, عظيم, علامة, مبروك, يد, يد تصفق, يدان تصفقان, يصلي |
| עברית (he) | מחיאות כפיים | הדרן, ידיים, כל הכבוד, כפיים, מחיאות כפיים |
| فارسی (fa) | دست زدن | بدن, دست, دست زدن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथ की ताली का चिह्न | चिह्न, ताली, बधाई, हाथ, हाथ की ताली, हाथ की ताली का चिह्न |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাত জোড় করে তালি বাজানো | শরীর, হাত, হাত জোড় করে তালি বাজানো, হাততালি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tepuk tangan | badan, keren, mantap, selamat, tangan, tepuk, tubuh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | vỗ tay | hai bàn tay đang vỗ, tay, vỗ tay |
| ไทย (th) | ตบมือ | ตบมือ, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 拍手 | おめでとう, パチパチ, 手, 手を叩く, 拍手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손뼉 | 기도한, 기쁨, 대단한, 대단해, 박수, 박수 치기, 박수치는 손, 손, 손뼉, 손뼉 치기, 예이, 잘했어, 축하 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鼓掌 | 干得好, 恭喜, 拍手, 赞成, 鼓掌 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鼓掌 | 做得好, 恭賀, 拍手, 贊同, 鼓掌 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): handeklap
- Akan (ak): nsa a ɛrebom
- Albanian (sq): duar që duartrokasin
- Amharic (am): አጨብጫቢ እጆች
- Armenian (hy): ծափահարող ձեռքեր
- Assamese (as): হাত তালি
- Azerbaijani (az): əl çalan əllər
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул сабыу
- Basque (eu): txaloka ari diren eskuak
- Belarusian (be): пляскае ў ладкі
- Bosnian (bs): aplaudiranje
- Breton (br): daouarn o strakal
- Bulgarian (bg): Пляскащи ръце
- Burmese (my): လက်ခုပ်တီးနေသည့် လက်များ
- Cantonese (yue): 拍手
- Catalan (ca): mans que aplaudeixen
- Cherokee (chr): ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎲᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 拍手
- Chuvash (cv): алӑ ҫупни
- Croatian (hr): ruke koje plješću
- Czech (cs): tleskající ruce
- Danish (da): klappende hænder
- Estonian (et): plaksutavad käed
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mãos a bater palmas
- Faroese (fo): klappandi hendur
- Filipino (fil): pumapalakpak
- Finnish (fi): käsien taputus
- Galician (gl): mans aplaudindo
- Georgian (ka): ხელები, რომლებიც ტაშს უკრავს
- Gujarati (gu): તાળી પાડતાં હાથ
- Hausa (ha): hannuwa mai tafawa
- Hungarian (hu): tapsoló kéz
- Icelandic (is): lófaklapp
- Igbo (ig): na-akụ aka
- Irish (ga): bualadh bos
- Javanese (jv): tangan keplok-keplok
- Kalaallisut (kl): hænder klapper
- Kannada (kn): ಚಪ್ಪಾಳೆಯ ಕೈಗಳು
- Kazakh (kk): шапалақтау
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): شاپالاقتاۋ
- Khmer (km): ទះដៃ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ibiganza bikoma amashyi
- Konkani (kok): ताळयो मारपी हात
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол чабуу
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Upaq’apaxik upaq’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ຕົບມື
- Latvian (lv): aplausi
- Lithuanian (lt): plojančios rankos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pśiklaskujuce ruki
- Luxembourgish (lb): klappend Hänn
- Macedonian (mk): аплауз
- Malay (ms): bertepuk tangan
- Malayalam (ml): കൈയ്യടി
- Maltese (mt): idejn iċapċpu
- Marathi (mr): टाळ्या वाजविणे
- Mongolian (mn): алга таших
- Māori (mi): ringa pakipaki
- Nepali (ne): ताली बजाइरहेका हातहरू
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand-dẹm Wé De Klap
- Northern Sotho (nso): go betha matsogo
- Norwegian (no): klappende hender
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): klappande hender
- Odia (or): ତାଳି ମାରୁଥିବା ହାତଗୁଡ଼ିକ
- Oromo (om): harka rukutuu
- Pashto (ps): لاسونه پړکول
- Punjabi (pa): ਤਾੜੀ ਮਾਰਦੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਦਾ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): تالیاں وجاندا ہتھ
- Quechua (qu): jayllisqa makikuna
- Romanian (ro): mâini care aplaudă
- Romansh (rm): mauns che applaudeschan
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bualadh bhasan
- Serbian (sr): руке које тапшу
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruke koje tapšu
- Shan (shn): တူပ်းမိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): تاڙيون وڄائيندڙ هٿ
- Sinhala (si): අත්පුඩි ගැසීම
- Slovak (sk): tlieskajúce ruky
- Slovenian (sl): ploskajoči dlani
- Somali (so): sacabinta gacmaha
- Swahili (sw): mikono inayopiga makofi
- Tajik (tg): дастҳои қарсакзананда
- Tamil (ta): கைதட்டல்
- Telugu (te): చప్పట్లు కొట్టడం
- Tigrinya (ti): ኢዶም እናጣቕዑ
- Tongan (to): nima pasipasi
- Tswana (tn): matsogo a a opiwang
- Turkmen (tk): çapak çalýan eller
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ruce, kiž přikleskujetej
- Urdu (ur): تالیاں بجاتے ہاتھ
- Uyghur (ug): چاۋاك
- Uzbek (uz): chapak
- Welsh (cy): dwylo yn curo
- Wolof (wo): loxo yuy tàccu
- Xhosa (xh): izandla eziqhwabayo
- Yoruba (yo): N Patẹwọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): N Patɛwɔ
- Zulu (zu): ukushaya izandla

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F44F` |
| HTML | `👏` |
| CSS | `\1F44F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F44F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F44F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC4F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 👏 clapping hands emoji mean?

Two hands clapping together. Applause and praise are the obvious reading, along with congratulations and approval. Use it for 'well done', for celebrating wins, and, with one placed between each word, to add emphasis to a statement.

### How do I type the 👏 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “clapping hands”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :clap:.

### When was the 👏 emoji added?

👏 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 👏?

U+1F44F. In HTML you can write 👏, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F44F}.

### Does 👏 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 👏🏻 light, 👏🏼 medium-light, 👏🏽 medium, 👏🏾 medium-dark and 👏🏿 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/clapping-hands-emoji