# 🤌 Pinched fingers emoji

🤌 Pinched fingers is an emoji in the hand signs set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: gesture, hand, hold, huh, interrogation and patience.

- Emoji: 🤌
- Unicode name: pinched fingers
- Code points: U+1F90C
- Category: People & body, Hand signs
- Added: Emoji 13.0 (2020)
- GitHub shortcode: :pinched_fingers:
- Keywords: fingers, gesture, hand, hold, huh, interrogation, patience, pinched, relax, sarcastic, ugh, what, zip
- Page: https://emojichart.com/pinched-fingers-emoji

## What it means

A hand with all the fingertips pinched together and pointing up, mimicking an expressive Italian gesture for 'what do you want?'. People use it for exasperation or disbelief, and also as a 'chef's kiss' to praise something perfect, or sarcastically to ask for patience.

## Skin tones

- 🤌🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinched-fingers-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90C U+1F3FB
- 🤌🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinched-fingers-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90C U+1F3FC
- 🤌🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinched-fingers-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90C U+1F3FD
- 🤌🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinched-fingers-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90C U+1F3FE
- 🤌🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pinched-fingers-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F90C U+1F3FF

## How to type 🤌

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dedos juntos apuntando hacia arriba | dedos, dedos juntos apuntando hacia arriba, gesto, italia, italiano, mano, sarcasmo |
| Français (fr) | bout des doigts joints | agacement, argumentation, bout des doigts joints, doigts, geste, interrogation, main, parler avec les mains, patience, silence ! |
| Deutsch (de) | zusammengedrückte Finger | Bündelhand, Finger, Fingerspitzen, gehts noch, Geste, Hand, Handgeste, italienisch, was, zusammengedrückt, zusammengelegt |
| Italiano (it) | mano a pigna | che vuoi, cosa vuoi, dita unite, gesto della mano, interrogativo, ma che dici, mano a borsa, mano a carciofo, mano a cuoppo, mano a pigna, mano a tulipano, sarcastico |
| Português (pt) | dedos comprimidos | beliscado, coxinha, dedos, gesto de mão, hã, interrogação, itália, italiana, mão, maravilha, o quê, sarcástico |
| Nederlands (nl) | samengeknepen vingers | gebaar, hand, handgebaar, Italiaans, maffia, ondervraging, samengeknepen, sarcastisch, vingers |
| Svenska (sv) | fingerportmonnä | fingerportmonnä, fingrar, förhör, handgest, nypa, sarkastisk |
| Polski (pl) | złączone palce | gest, oczekiwanie, palce, poczekać, przesłuchanie, sarkazm, szczypta, włochy, złączone palce |
| Türkçe (tr) | kıstırma hareketi yapan parmaklar | bravo, çok güzel, el, el hareketleri, harika, kıstırma hareketi yapan parmaklar, lezzetli, parmaklar |
| Русский (ru) | щепоть | вопрос, жест, пальцы, рега, сарказм, щепотка, щепоть |
| Українська (uk) | зведені пальці | долоня, жест, запитання, лотос, мудра, просвітлення, розслаблення, рука, сарказм, спокій, терпіння |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δάχτυλα που κλείνουν | αγανάκτηση, ανάκριση, δάχτυλα, δάχτυλα που κλείνουν, κλειστά, σαρκαστικό, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | أصابع مضمومة | أصابع, أصابع مضمومة, إيماءة باليد, انتظر, تهكّم, جسم, صبرًا, ضم, مهلاً, يد |
| עברית (he) | יד מסמנת רק רגע | אצבעות, כף יד, סבלנות, רגע, רק רגע, תיכף |
| فارسی (fa) | انگشتان جمع‌شده | اشاره با دست, انگشتان, اَه, جمع‌شده, چی؟, دست, دست نگه داشتن, ریلکس, سؤال, ساکت شو, صبر, طنزآلود, هان؟ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सिकोड़ी हुई अंगुलियाँ | अंगुलियाँ, इशारा, उंगलियाँ, उंगलियां, चुप, चुप रहो, थोड़ा, पकड़ो, पूछ-ताछ, व्यंग्यपूर्ण, सिकोड़ी हुई अंगुलियाँ, सूखा हुआ, हाथ, हाथ का इशारा |
| বাংলা (bn) | অল্প একটু | অল্প একটু, আঙ্গুল, একটুখানি, কিঞ্চিৎ, চিমটিকাটা, জিজ্ঞেস করা, প্রকাশ ভঙ্গি, বিদ্রুপপূর্ণ, সামান্য, হাত, হাতের অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, হাতের ইশারা, হাতের ভঙ্গি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | jari terkuncup | apa, hus, interogasi, isyarat tangan, italia, jari, rileks, sabar, santai, sarkastik, tangan, terkuncup |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón tay khum lại | cái gì, cử chỉ tay, khum lại, kiên nhẫn, mỉa mai, ngón tay, ngón tay khum lại, tay, thẩm vấn, thư giãn |
| ไทย (th) | หุบนิ้ว | จีบ, ถาม, ท่าทาง, นิ้ว, ปากจัด, ผ่อนคลาย, มือ, หุบ, อดทน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 上向きにすぼめた手 | ジェスチャー, すぼめる, 上向きにすぼめた手, 手, 指 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 꼬집는 손가락 | 기다려, 꼬집는, 릴랙스, 뭐, 빈정대는, 손, 손가락, 손동작, 악, 인내, 입다물어, 진정, 질문 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 捏手指 | 为什么, 你到底在说什么, 匮乏, 审讯, 强调, 您要什么, 手势, 手指, 挖苦, 捏手指, 放松点 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 捏手指 | 什麼, 呃, 手勢, 捏, 捏手指, 疑問, 等一下, 耐心, 蛤, 閉嘴 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vingerpunte saamgedruk
- Akan (ak): nsateaa a amia
- Albanian (sq): gishta të mbledhur
- Amharic (am): የቆነጠጡ ጣቶች
- Armenian (hy): պտղունց
- Assamese (as): টিপা মাৰি ৰখা আঙুলি
- Azerbaijani (az): çimdik
- Bashkir (ba): ҡыҫылған бармаҡтар
- Basque (eu): hatz elkartuak
- Belarusian (be): зведзеныя пальцы
- Bosnian (bs): skupljeni prsti
- Breton (br): bizied piñset
- Bulgarian (bg): събрани пръсти
- Burmese (my): စုထားသော လက်ချောင်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main qui interroge
- Cantonese (yue): 卒手指
- Catalan (ca): dits junts
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏓᏇᏄᎩᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᏰᏌᏛ
- Chuvash (cv): пӗр чӗптӗм
- Croatian (hr): skupljeni prsti
- Czech (cs): špetka z pěti prstů
- Danish (da): samlede fingre
- Estonian (et): kokkusurutud sõrmed
- Faroese (fo): samlaðir fingrar
- Filipino (fil): pakurot na daliri
- Finnish (fi): sormet supussa
- Galician (gl): xesto de "ateigado"
- Georgian (ka): შეჯგუფებული თითები
- Gujarati (gu): ચીમટી દેવા તૈયાર આંગળીઓ
- Hausa (ha): tsuke yatsu
- Hungarian (hu): összecsippentett ujjak
- Icelandic (is): klípandi fingur
- Igbo (ig): itu mkpịsị aka
- Irish (ga): méara fáiscthe le chéile
- Javanese (jv): driji digatukake
- Kannada (kn): ಮಡಚಿಕೊಂಡ ಬೆರಳುಗಳು
- Kazakh (kk): түйістірілген бес саусақ
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تۇيىستىرىلگەن بەس ساۋساق
- Khmer (km): ម្រាមច្បិច
- Konkani (kok): चिमटीचीं बोटां
- Kyrgyz (ky): кыстырылган манжалар
- Lao (lo): ຈຸ້ມ​ນິ້ວ​ມື
- Latvian (lv): pastiepti pirksti
- Lithuanian (lt): suspausti pirštai
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gromadu stłocone palce
- Macedonian (mk): стиснати прсти
- Malay (ms): jari mencubit
- Malayalam (ml): നുള്ളിപ്പിടിച്ച വിരലുകൾ
- Marathi (mr): चिमूटभर
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): dedos unidos
- Mongolian (mn): гарын хуруунуудаа нийлүүлж чимхэх
- Nepali (ne): चिमोटिएका औँलाहरू
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): To Pínch Fínga-dẹm Togẹ́da
- Norwegian (no): hånd med fingertuppene sammen
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): hand med fingertuppane saman
- Odia (or): ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠିଗୁଡ଼ିକରେ ଚିମୁଟିବା
- Oromo (om): quboota walitti qabaman
- Pashto (ps): چونګ ګوتې
- Punjabi (pa): ਇਕੱਠੀਆਂ ਉਂਗਲਾਂ
- Quechua (qu): tʼipsisqa rukanakuna
- Romanian (ro): degete strânse
- Romansh (rm): maun cun pizza da la detta che sa tutga
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): crudhagan
- Serbian (sr): скупљени прсти
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): skupljeni prsti
- Shan (shn): ႁုပ်ႈမိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): پنچ ٿيل آڱريون
- Sinhala (si): වකුටු කළ ඇඟිලි
- Slovak (sk): štipka
- Slovenian (sl): prsti, stisnjeni skupaj
- Somali (so): faro la isku wada duubay
- Swahili (sw): mkono wenye vidole vinavyobana
- Tamil (ta): பிணைக்கப்பட்ட விரல்கள்
- Telugu (te): గిచ్చుతున్నట్లు ఉండే వేళ్లు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝተጨበጠ ኣጻብዕቲ
- Tongan (to): louhiʻinima fakamaʻopoʻopo
- Turkmen (tk): gysylan barmaklar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hromadźe stłóčene porsty
- Urdu (ur): بھینچی ہوئی انگلیاں
- Uzbek (uz): chimdilgan barmoqlar
- Welsh (cy): bysedd wedi’u pinsio
- Wolof (wo): dompat baaraam
- Yoruba (yo): ìka kíkákò
- Zulu (zu): iminwe encinziwe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F90C` |
| HTML | `🤌` |
| CSS | `\1F90C` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F90C}` |
| Python | `\U0001F90C` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 8C` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD0C` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%8C` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤌 pinched fingers emoji mean?

A hand with all the fingertips pinched together and pointing up, mimicking an expressive Italian gesture for 'what do you want?'. People use it for exasperation or disbelief, and also as a 'chef's kiss' to praise something perfect, or sarcastically to ask for patience.

### How do I type the 🤌 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “pinched fingers”. 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 :pinched_fingers:.

### When was the 🤌 emoji added?

🤌 was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

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

U+1F90C. In HTML you can write 🤌, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F90C}.

### 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/pinched-fingers-emoji