# 💁🏻 Person tipping hand emoji: light skin tone

💁🏻 is the person tipping hand emoji (💁) with light skin tone. It's 💁 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 💁🏻
- Unicode name: person tipping hand: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F481 U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [💁 Person tipping hand](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A person with one hand held out palm up in a casual, flipped gesture. Unicode's original name for it was information desk person, but today it is often sent for sass: a sarcastic "whatever," a knowing "obviously," or a bit of gossip.

## Other skin tones

- 💁 [Person tipping hand](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-emoji.md)
- 💁🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FC
- 💁🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FD
- 💁🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FE
- 💁🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

💁🏻 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 💁 [Person tipping hand](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-emoji.md) (U+1F481)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type 💁🏻

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person tipping hand”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person tipping hand”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person tipping hand”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person tipping hand”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona de mostrador de información: tono de piel claro | información, mano, mostrador, persona, persona de mostrador de información, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | personne paume vers le haut : peau claire | aide, diva, femme, information, insouciante, main, peau claire, personne, personne paume vers le haut, peu importe, potins, prétentieuse, sarcastique, sophistiqué |
| Deutsch (de) | Infoschalter-Mitarbeiter(in): helle Hautfarbe | abgekippt, beleidigen, Gerüchte, Geste, Hand, helle Hautfarbe, Klatsch, klatschen, Person, Sarkasmus, sarkastisch, Tratsch, tratschen |
| Italiano (it) | persona con mano capovolta: carnagione chiara | aiuto, capovolgere la mano, carnagione chiara, gesto con i capelli, gossip, informazioni, mano, mano all’insù, pettegolezzo, sarcasmo, sfacciataggine, sul serio |
| Português (pt) | pessoa com a palma virada para cima: pele clara | ajuda, diva, divo, fala sério, fofoca, informações, jogada de cabelo, mão, pele clara, pessoa, pessoa com a mão virada para cima, pessoa com a palma virada para cima, sarcasmo |
| Nederlands (nl) | persoon achter informatiebalie: lichte huidskleur | brutaal, hand, hand ophouden, hulp, informatie, knikken, lichte huidskleur, persoon, persoon achter informatiebalie, roddelen, sarcasme, sarcastisch, uitleg geven, vrouw met hand omhoog |
| Svenska (sv) | receptionist: ljus hy | hand, information, kvinna som vinkar med handen, ljus hy, människor, reception, receptionist, sarkastisk, skvaller |
| Polski (pl) | osoba z wystawioną dłonią: karnacja jasna | karnacja jasna, no cóż, osoba, osoba z wystawioną dłonią, otwarta dłoń, pomocna dłoń, ręka, sarkazm |
| Türkçe (tr) | elini yana yatırma: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, alaycı, bilgilendirme, dedikodu, el, elini yana yatırma, keyfin bilir, kişi, kişiler, neyse, saçını savurma, sen bilirsin, umurumda değil |
| Русский (ru) | человек тянет руку: очень светлый тон кожи | выдать, жест, знаю, информацию, не, очень светлый тон кожи, себе, секрет, сплетни, так |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що простягає руку допомоги: світлий тон шкіри | байдуже, довідка, допомога, інформація, сарказм, світлий тон шкіри, серйозно, чайові |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο προσφέρει: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, άτομο προσφέρει, βοήθεια, κουτσομπολιό, ντίβα, πληροφορία, πληροφορίες, πρόσχαρο, σαρκαστικό, τίναγμα μαλλιών, φιλοδώρημα, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | شخص بيد مائلة: بشرة بلون فاتح | أشخاص, امرأة, بجدية, بشرة بلون فاتح, بقشيش, حركة الشعر, سخرية, شخص بيد مائلة, كف, لا يهمني, مساعدة, معلومات, يد |
| עברית (he) | אדם בדלפק מידע או מבקש טיפ: גוון עור בהיר | אישה, ברצינות, גוון עור בהיר, חוצפה, טיפ, יד, לא משנה, עזרה, צינית, רכילות |
| فارسی (fa) | آماده کمک: پوست سفید | آماده کمک, اشاره, اطلاعات, بدن, پوست سفید, تکان دادن مو, دست, زن, سرزنده, طعنه, غیبت, کمک, واقعا؟ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सूचना केंद्र का व्यक्ति: गोरी त्वचा | गोरी त्वचा, मज़ाक, लोग, व्यंग्य, सहायता, सूचना, सूचना केंद्र, सूचना केंद्र का व्यक्ति, हाथ, हाथ से इशारा, हाथ हिलाती महिला |
| বাংলা (bn) | তথ্য ডেস্কের ব্যক্তি: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | আড্ডা, কটাক্ষ, কুৎসা রটনা, গল্প, গুজব ছড়ানো, তথ্য, তথ্য ডেস্কের ব্যক্তি, পরচর্চা, পরনিন্দা, প্রাণবন্ত, বিদ্রূপ, ব্যঙ্গ করা, সহায়তা, সাহায্য, হাত, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang menengadahkan tangan: warna kulit cerah | bantuan, cewek, gosip, informasi, kibas rambut, orang menengadahkan tangan, perempuan, resepsionis, sarkas, sarkastik, tangan, wanita, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người ra hiệu trợ giúp: màu da sáng | giúp, hất tóc, mách nước, màu da sáng, mỉa mai, nghiêm túc, người ra hiệu trợ giúp, tay, thông tin, tươi tắn, vuốt tóc |
| ไทย (th) | โต๊ะสอบถาม: โทนผิวสีขาว | คน, ช่วยเหลือ, ซุบซิบ, โต๊ะสอบถาม, ถากถาง, ทิ้ง, โทนผิวสีขาว, มือ, สะบัดผม, อะไรก็ได้ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 案内する人: 薄い肌色 | ゴシップ, ジェスチャー, 受付, 受付嬢, 手を返している人, 案内, 案内する人, 案内する女, 薄い肌色, 髪をかき上げる, 髪を振り払う |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손바닥 꺾은 사람: 하얀 피부 | 가십, 데스크 안내원, 도움, 디바, 매력적인, 머리 넘기기, 머리카락으로 장난치는, 멋진, 뭐든지, 비꼬는, 비꼼, 빈정댐, 손, 손바닥 꺾은 사람, 손을 젖히고 있는 사람, 안내 데스크, 어쨌든, 정보, 조소, 진심, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 前台: 较浅肤色 | 介绍, 伸手给小费, 信息, 八卦, 前台, 帮助, 手, 拨弄头发, 自信时髦, 请您离开, 较浅肤色, 随便啦 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 服務台人員：白皮膚 | 人物, 俏皮, 分髮, 嘲諷, 服務台人員, 服務員, 白皮膚, 給小費, 髮夾 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon hou hand geknak: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): onipa tiipi nsa: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): personi i sportelit të informacionit: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): መረጃ ሰጪ ግለሰብ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): ձեռքը թեքած անձ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): তথ্য ডেস্কৰ ব্যক্তি: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): məlumat verən şəxs: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул һуҙған кеше: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): eskean dabilen pertsona: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): чалавек трасе рукой: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba otkriva namjere: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Човек от информационна служба: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ကူညီပါရစေဟု လက်ဟန်ပြနေသူ − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne paume vers le haut : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 做提示手勢嘅人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 做提示手势嘅人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona amb mà inclinada cap amunt: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᎬᏁᎲ ᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 攤開手嘅人：白皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын алӑ туртать: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): osoba s nagnutim dlanom: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba s dlaní vzhůru: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): person vender håndfladen op: lys teint
- Estonian (et): infoleti töötaja: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa com a palma virada para cima: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum nertir við: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): taong nakatikwas ang kamay: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kämmentä ylöspäin näyttävä henkilö: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): persoa coa man medio levantada: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): საინფორმაციო დახლის თანამშრომელი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): માહિતી આપતી વ્યક્તિ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum hannu mai ba da ci-goro: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): information desk kaa vyakti: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): ember az információs pultnál: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): upplýsingaborð: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye na-ehulata aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): duine lena lámh amach: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong tangane anyangga: kulit putih
- Kannada (kn): ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಡೆಸ್ಕ್ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): ақпарат орталығы: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): اقپارات ورتالىعى: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សបង្ហើបព័ត៌មាន: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wazamuye urutoki: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): बायर हात वयर काडटा: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): маалымат тактасындагы адам: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq upaqab’sam jun uq’ab’: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ໂຕະສອບຖາມຂໍ້ມູນ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): persona ar pastieptu roku: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña co-a parma in sciù: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): informacijos skyriaus darbuotojas: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba z dłonju górjej: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Persoun, déi d’Hand op hält: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): лице со феминизиран гест: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): pegawai kaunter pertanyaan: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): വിവരങ്ങൾ നൽകുന്ന വ്യക്തി: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna tbaxxi idha: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): माहिती देणारी व्यक्ती: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мэдээллийн ажилтан: цайвар
- Māori (mi): tangata ringa tāringi: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): सूचना डेस्कको व्यक्ति: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Shó Im Hand: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a dumelago ka seatla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): hjelpende person: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): hjelpande person: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ହାତ ଅବନତ କରୁଛନ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama harka diriirsu: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): شخص لاس ښايي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ نال تھپکی دیندا بندہ: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa willakuy kitipi: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care explică: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che tegna la palma-maun vers ensi: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach le làmh sìnte, bas air uachdar: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа која даје информације: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): особа која даје информације: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba koja daje informacije: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osoba koja daje informacije: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းပူၵ်းသွၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص هٿ ٿپڪائيندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): උපකාර කවුළු පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): človek s nastavenou dlaňou: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba, ki dela na informacijah: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof warbixin bixinaya: jidh fudud
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): persona en mostrador de información: tono de piel claro
- Swahili (sw): mhudumu anayetoa maelezo: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки бо дасташ ишора карда истодааст: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): வரவேற்பாளினி: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): సమాచారం అందించే వ్యక్తి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ኢዱ ዝጥምዝዝ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha nima mafola: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): motho a sekamisa letsogo: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): elini açan adam: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba z dłónju horje: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): معلوماتی ڈیسک والا بندہ: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): تاپان ھەققى بەرگەن كىشى: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ma’lumotxona xodimi: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person yn gwyro llaw: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy joxee wet: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ophethule isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Tọka Ọwọ: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Tɔka Ɔwɔ: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ocela ngesandla: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F481 U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `💁🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F481\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F481}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F481\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 92 81 F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC81 D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%92%81%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does 💁🏻 mean?

A person with one hand held out palm up in a casual, flipped gesture. Unicode's original name for it was information desk person, but today it is often sent for sass: a sarcastic "whatever," a knowing "obviously," or a bit of gossip. 💁🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 💁🏻 and 💁?

💁🏻 is the 💁 person tipping hand emoji with light skin tone. It's 💁 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F481 U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 💁🏻?

Find 💁 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person tipping hand”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 💁🏻?

U+1F481 U+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 💁🏻

### When was 💁🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji