# ✋🏽 Raised hand emoji: medium skin tone

✋🏽 is the raised hand emoji (✋) with medium skin tone. It's ✋ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: ✋🏽
- Unicode name: raised hand: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+270B U+1F3FD
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [✋ Raised hand](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A raised open hand, palm out, with fingers together. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to volunteer or ask a question. Expect it with 'wait', 'me!', greetings and halting someone.

## Other skin tones

- ✋ [Raised hand](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-emoji.md)
- ✋🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FB
- ✋🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FC
- ✋🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FE
- ✋🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270B U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

✋🏽 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. ✋ [Raised hand](https://emojichart.com/raised-hand-emoji.md) (U+270B)
2. 🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FD)

## How to type ✋🏽

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mano levantada: tono de piel medio | choca esos cinco, levantada, mano, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | main levée : peau légèrement mate | feuille, main, main levée, paume de la main, peau légèrement mate, stop, tope là |
| Deutsch (de) | erhobene Hand: mittlere Hautfarbe | 5, erhoben, halt, Hand, Handfläche, high five, mittlere Hautfarbe, schlag ein, Stopp, warte |
| Italiano (it) | mano alzata: carnagione olivastra | alzata, carnagione olivastra, carta, cinque, mano, mano aperta |
| Português (pt) | mão levantada: pele morena | 5, cinco, erguida, high five, levantada, mão, papel, pare, pele morena, toca aqui |
| Nederlands (nl) | opgeheven hand: getinte huidskleur | 5, getinte huidskleur, hand, hoog, opgeheven, stop, vijf |
| Svenska (sv) | hand i luften: mellanfärgad hy | hand, hand i luften, handflata, mellanfärgad hy, uppräckt |
| Polski (pl) | wzniesiona dłoń: karnacja średnia | dłoń, karnacja średnia, ręka, stop, uwaga, wzniesiona dłoń |
| Türkçe (tr) | el kaldırma: orta cilt tonu | beş parmak, dur, dur işareti, el, el kaldırma, havada el, orta cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | поднятая ладонь: средний тон кожи | вверх, ладонь, пальцы, поднятая, пять, рука, средний тон кожи, стоп |
| Українська (uk) | піднята рука: помірний тон шкіри | дай пʼять, долоня, піднята рука, помірний тон шкіри, рука, стояти, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σηκωμένο χέρι: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | κόλλα πέντε, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, πέντε, σηκωμένο χέρι, σταμάτα, σώμα, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | يد مرفوعة: بشرة بلون معتدل | برافو, بشرة بلون معتدل, توقف, جسد, ستوب, قبضة, كف, مرحبا, يد, يد مرفوعة |
| עברית (he) | כף יד מורמת: גוון עור בינוני | גוון עור בינוני, חמסה, יד, כיף, כף יד מורמת, מורמת, עצור |
| فارسی (fa) | دست بالابرده: پوست طلایی | احترام, بدن, بزن قدش, پوست طلایی, دست, دست بالا برده, دست بالابرده, سلام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | उठा हुआ हाथ: गेहुँआ त्वचा | उठा हुआ हाथ, गेहुँआ त्वचा, ठहरो, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | অনুগ্রহ করে থামুন: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | অনুগ্রহ করে থামুন, জিও কাকা, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, শরীর, হাত, হাত তোলা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | telapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapat: warna kulit sedang | badan, berhenti, lima jari, rapat, stop, tangan, telapak tangan, telapak tangan terbuka dengan jari rapat, tubuh, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bàn tay giơ lên: màu da trung bình | bàn tay giơ lên, dừng lại, màu da trung bình, tay |
| ไทย (th) | ตั้งฝ่ามือ: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | ตั้งฝ่ามือ, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 挙手: 中間の肌色 | 5, ストップ, パー, 中間の肌色, 手, 挙手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손바닥: 갈색 피부 | 5, 갈색 피부, 다섯, 보, 보자기, 손들어, 손바닥, 하이파이브 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 举起手: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 举手, 举起手, 举起的手, 五指, 停, 击掌, 手 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 舉手：淺褐皮膚 | 手, 招手, 擊掌, 淺褐皮膚, 舉手 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand in die lug: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsa a apagya: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): dorë e ngritur: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ወደ ላይ የተደረገ እጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): բարձրացված ձեռք․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ৰখক: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): qaldırımış əl: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): күтәрелгән ҡул: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): esku altxatua: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): паднятая рука: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): podignuta šaka: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Вдигната ръка: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): မြှောက်ပြထားသည့် လက် − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main levée : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 舉手: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 举手: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): mà aixecada: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏬᏰᎾ ᎠᏌᎵᏛᏅᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 舉手：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): ҫӗкленӗ ал тупанӗ: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): podignuta ruka: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): zvednutá ruka: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): løftet hånd: medium teint
- Estonian (et): ülestõstetud käsi: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão erguida: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): hond: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): nakataas na kamay: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): nostettu käsi: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): man levantada: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): აწეული ხელი: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ઉઠાવેલો હાથ: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): ɗagaggen hannu: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): utha hua haath: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): felemelt kéz: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): lófi: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): aka ewèliri: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): lámh ardaithe: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): tangan diangkat: kulit kuning
- Kabyle (kab): argaz: acebbub awreɣ: taglimt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಎತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қол көтеру: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول كوتەرۋ: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): លើកដៃ: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza kizamuye: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): उखलिल्लो हात: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол көтөрүү: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Yakom q’ab’aj: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຍົກມືຂຶ້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): pacelta roka: vidējs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): man arsâ: carnaxon cô d’öiva
- Lithuanian (lt): iškelta ranka: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pózwignjona ruka: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): héichgehalen Hand: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): крената рака: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): angkat tangan: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): ഉയർത്തിയ കൈ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): id mgħollija: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): उंचावलेला हात: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): өргөсөн гар: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): ringa tū: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): उठाइएको हात: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé Dẹm Réz Ọp: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo le išitšwego godimo: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): hevet hånd: hudtype 4
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): heva hand: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ଉଠା ଯାଇଥିବା ହାତ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka ol ba’e: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): اوچت لاس: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਚੁੱਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੱਥ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اُوتے کیتا ہتھ: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): huqharisqa maki: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): mână ridicată: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): maun auzà: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh air a togail: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): подигнута рука: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): подигнута рука: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): podignuta ruka: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): podignuta ruka: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ယုၵ်ႉမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): مٿي ڪيل هٿ: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): එසවූූ අත: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): zdvihnutá ruka: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): dvignjena dlan: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan kor loo qaday: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mkono ulioinuliwa: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): дасти бардошта: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கையை உயர்த்தி காட்டுதல்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): ఎత్తిన చేయి: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝተልዓለ ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): nima hiki ki ʻolunga: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le kwa godimo: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): galdyrylan el: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zběhnjena ruka: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بلند ہاتھ: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): كۆتۈرگەن قول: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘tarilgan qo‘l: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): llaw wedi codi: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): loxo bu jog: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): isandla esinyusiweyo: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Ọwọ Nina Soke: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɔwɔ Nina Soke: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): isandla esiphanyisiwe: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+270B U+1F3FD` |
| HTML | `✋🏽` |
| CSS | `\270B\1F3FD` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{270B}\u{1F3FD}` |
| Python | `\u270B\U0001F3FD` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C 8B F0 9F 8F BD` |
| UTF-16 | `270B D83C DFFD` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%8B%F0%9F%8F%BD` |

## Questions

### What does ✋🏽 mean?

A raised open hand, palm out, with fingers together. It means stop, a high five, or raising your hand to volunteer or ask a question. Expect it with 'wait', 'me!', greetings and halting someone. ✋🏽 shows it with medium skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between ✋🏽 and ✋?

✋🏽 is the ✋ raised hand emoji with medium skin tone. It's ✋ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+270B U+1F3FD.

### How do I type ✋🏽?

Find ✋ in your emoji keyboard by searching “raised hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium 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+270B U+1F3FD. In HTML you can write ✋🏽

### When was ✋🏽 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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