# 👐 Open hands emoji

👐 Open 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: hand, hug, jazz and swerve.

- Emoji: 👐
- Unicode name: open hands
- Code points: U+1F450
- Category: People & body, Two hands
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :open_hands:
- Keywords: hand, hands, hug, jazz, open, swerve
- Page: https://emojichart.com/open-hands-emoji

## What it means

Two open hands held out with the palms facing out or up, as if offering or embracing. Openness, welcome, a hug, or jazz-hands excitement is the message. Senders use it to show warmth, ask for a hug, or shrug 'what can you do'.

## Skin tones

- 👐🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/open-hands-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F450 U+1F3FB
- 👐🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/open-hands-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F450 U+1F3FC
- 👐🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/open-hands-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F450 U+1F3FD
- 👐🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/open-hands-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F450 U+1F3FE
- 👐🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/open-hands-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F450 U+1F3FF

## How to type 👐

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | manos abiertas | abiertas, manos |
| Français (fr) | mains ouvertes | main, mains écartées, mains ouvertes, ouvert |
| Deutsch (de) | offene Hände | Hände, Jazz, offen, umarmen, Umarmung |
| Italiano (it) | mani aperte | abbracciare, abbraccio, accogliere, aperta, aperte, mani, mano, segno, segno delle mani aperte |
| Português (pt) | mãos abertas | abertas, mão, mãos abertas, sinal, sinal de mãos abertas |
| Nederlands (nl) | open handen | hand, handen, jazz hands, open |
| Svenska (sv) | öppna händer | hand, händer, jazzhänder, öppna |
| Polski (pl) | otwarte dłonie | otwarte dłonie, puste ręce, ręce, ręka, złapać |
| Türkçe (tr) | eller açık | açık, el, eller açık, eller açık işareti, işaret |
| Русский (ru) | ладони в стороны | врозь, ладони, открытые, рука, руки |
| Українська (uk) | відкриті долоні | відкритий, відкриті долоні, відкриті руки, долоні, рука, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ανοικτά χέρια | αγκαλιάζω, ανοικτά χέρια, ανοιχτό, εκτρέπομαι, θρίαμβος, σώμα, τζαζ χέρια, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | يدان مفتوحتان | إثارة, تحمس, حماس, عبطة, عبوطة, علامة, علامة فتح اليدين, غمرة, متحمس, مشوق, مفتوح, مفتوحة, يد, يدان مفتوحتان |
| עברית (he) | כפות ידיים פתוחות | חיבוק, ידיים פתוחות, כפות ידיים פתוחות, קבלה |
| فارسی (fa) | دست‌های باز | باز, بدن, دست, دست‌های باز |
| हिन्दी (hi) | खुले हाथ | खुला, खुले हाथ, खुले हाथ का चिह्न, चिह्न, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | খোলা হাত | খোলা, জড়িয়ে ধরতে, শরীর, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan terbuka | badan, peluk, tangan, terbuka, tubuh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hai bàn tay đang xòe | hai bàn tay đang xòe, mở ra, tay |
| ไทย (th) | แบมือ | แบมือ, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 両手のひら | おっはー, 両手のひら, 手, 手のひら, 開いた両手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 양손을 모아서 벌린 모양 | 두 손 펼치기, 벌린, 손, 양손을 모아서 벌린 모양, 재즈 핸드, 펼친 두 손, 포옹 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 张开双手 | 十, 双手, 张开双手, 摊手 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 攤開手 | 手, 攤開手, 雙手 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): oop hande
- Akan (ak): nsa a abue
- Albanian (sq): duar të hapura
- Amharic (am): የተከፈቱ ሁለት እጆች
- Armenian (hy): բաց ձեռքեր
- Assamese (as): মেলা হাত
- Azerbaijani (az): açıq əllər
- Bashkir (ba): асыҡ ҡулдар
- Basque (eu): esku irekiak
- Belarusian (be): адкрытыя рукі
- Bosnian (bs): otvoreni dlanovi
- Breton (br): daouarn digor
- Bulgarian (bg): Отворени ръце
- Burmese (my): ဖွင့်ထားသည့် လက်များ
- Cantonese (yue): 打開手
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 打开手
- Catalan (ca): mans obertes
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏚᎢᏓ ᏙᏬᏰᎾ
- Chuvash (cv): алтупанӗсем айккинелле
- Croatian (hr): otvorene ruke
- Czech (cs): rozevřené dlaně
- Danish (da): åbne hænder
- Estonian (et): avatud käed
- Faroese (fo): opnar hendur
- Filipino (fil): bukas-palad
- Finnish (fi): avoimet kädet
- Galician (gl): mans abertas
- Georgian (ka): გაშლილი ხელები
- Gujarati (gu): ખુલ્લાં હાથ
- Hausa (ha): buɗaɗɗun hannuwa
- Hungarian (hu): széttárt kéz
- Icelandic (is): opinn lófi
- Igbo (ig): aka mepere emepe
- Irish (ga): lámha ar oscailt
- Javanese (jv): tangan loro mlumah
- Kalaallisut (kl): åbne hænder
- Kannada (kn): ತೆರೆದಿರುವ ಕೈಗಳು
- Kazakh (kk): алақанды көрсету
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): الاقاندى كورسەتۋ
- Khmer (km): លាបង្ហាញបាតដៃទាំងពីរ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikimenyetso cy’ibiganza bibumbuye
- Konkani (kok): उकते हात
- Kyrgyz (ky): ачык алакандар
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Jaqom q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ແບມືອອກສອງຂ້າງ
- Latvian (lv): atvērtas rokas
- Lithuanian (lt): atviros rankos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wótwórjonej ruce
- Luxembourgish (lb): oppen Hänn
- Macedonian (mk): отворени дланки
- Malay (ms): tangan terbuka
- Malayalam (ml): തുറന്ന കൈകൾ
- Maltese (mt): idejn miftuħa
- Marathi (mr): खुले हात
- Mongolian (mn): дэлгэсэн алга
- Māori (mi): ringa tuwhera
- Nepali (ne): खुला हातहरू
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ópún Hand-dẹm
- Northern Sotho (nso): matsogo a bulegilego
- Norwegian (no): åpne hender
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): opne hender
- Odia (or): ଖୋଲା ହାତଗୁଡ଼ିକ
- Oromo (om): harkoota banaa
- Pashto (ps): خلاص لاسونه
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਹੱਥ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کھلے ہتھ
- Quechua (qu): kichasqa makikuna
- Romanian (ro): palme deschise
- Romansh (rm): mauns averts
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmhan fosgailte
- Serbian (sr): расклопљене шаке
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rasklopljene šake
- Shan (shn): ပိုတ်ႇမိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): کليل هٿ
- Sinhala (si): විවෘත අත්
- Slovak (sk): roztvorené dlane
- Slovenian (sl): odprti dlani
- Somali (so): gacmo furan
- Swahili (sw): mikono iliyowazi
- Tajik (tg): дастҳои кушода
- Tamil (ta): கைகளை விரித்தல்
- Telugu (te): ఉత్త చేతులు
- Tigrinya (ti): ክፉት ኢድ
- Tongan (to): nima homo
- Tswana (tn): matsogo a a bulegileng
- Turkmen (tk): açyk eller
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wočinjenej ruce
- Urdu (ur): کھلے ہاتھ
- Uyghur (ug): ئوچۇق قول
- Uzbek (uz): ochiq qo‘llar
- Welsh (cy): dwylo agored
- Wolof (wo): loxo yu ubbeeku
- Xhosa (xh): izandla ezivulekileyo
- Yoruba (yo): Awọn Ọwọ Ṣiṣi
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Awɔn Ɔwɔ Shishi
- Zulu (zu): izandla ezivuliwe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F450` |
| HTML | `👐` |
| CSS | `\1F450` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F450}` |
| Python | `\U0001F450` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 90` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC50` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%90` |

## Questions

### What does the 👐 open hands emoji mean?

Two open hands held out with the palms facing out or up, as if offering or embracing. Openness, welcome, a hug, or jazz-hands excitement is the message. Senders use it to show warmth, ask for a hug, or shrug 'what can you do'.

### How do I type the 👐 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “open 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 :open_hands:.

### When was the 👐 emoji added?

👐 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F450. In HTML you can write 👐, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F450}.

### 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/open-hands-emoji