# 👋🏽 Waving hand emoji: medium skin tone

👋🏽 is the waving 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: waving hand: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+1F44B U+1F3FD
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👋 Waving hand](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

An open hand raised and waving. It works as a greeting or goodbye, for 'hi', 'hello' and 'bye'. Many messages open or close with it, and it helps welcome new people or get someone's attention.

## Other skin tones

- 👋 [Waving hand](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-emoji.md)
- 👋🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FB
- 👋🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FC
- 👋🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FE
- 👋🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F44B U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

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

1. 👋 [Waving hand](https://emojichart.com/waving-hand-emoji.md) (U+1F44B)
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 “waving hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “waving hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “waving hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “waving 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 saludando: tono de piel medio | agitar, mano, mano saludando, saludar, saludo, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | signe de la main : peau légèrement mate | à bientôt, à plus tard, au revoir, bonjour, bye, coucou, hello, il y a quelqu’un ?, main, main qui salue, peau légèrement mate, salut, signe, signe de la main |
| Deutsch (de) | winkende Hand: mittlere Hautfarbe | auf Wiedersehen, bis später, ciao, guten Tag, hallo, Hand, hey, hi, mittlere Hautfarbe, tschüs, tschüss, winken |
| Italiano (it) | mano che saluta: carnagione olivastra | a dopo, carnagione olivastra, ci sei?, ci vediamo, ciao, ciaone, gesto di saluto, mano, mano aperta, mano che saluta, salutare, schiaffo |
| Português (pt) | mão acenando: pele morena | acenando, aceno, até mais, está aí?, flw, mão, oi, olá, pele morena, taí?, tchau |
| Nederlands (nl) | zwaaiende hand: getinte huidskleur | ben je er, doei, getinte huidskleur, groet, groeten, hallo, hand, is daar iemand, moet gaan, spreek je later, tot later, tot ziens, ttyl, zwaai, zwaaien, zwaaiende hand |
| Svenska (sv) | vinkande hand: mellanfärgad hy | är du där?, hallå, hand, hej, mellanfärgad hy, vinka, vinkande hand, vinkning |
| Polski (pl) | machająca dłoń: karnacja średnia | cześć, dłoń, halo, hej, karnacja średnia, machać, machająca dłoń, pa, papa, powitanie, pożegnanie, ręka, witaj |
| Türkçe (tr) | el sallama: orta cilt tonu | bay bay, bye, el, görüşürüz, güle güle, hey, merhaba, orada mısın, orta cilt tonu, sallama, sallamak, selam |
| Русский (ru) | машет рукой: средний тон кожи | взмах, привет, приветствие, прощание, рука, средний тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | рука махає: помірний тон шкіри | бувай, вітання, вітаю, дай пʼять, до зустрічі, долоня, махати, помах, помірний тон шкіри, привіт, рука, рука махає, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι που χαιρετά: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | bb, αντίο, αργότερα, γεια, είσαι εκεί, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, νεύμα, σώμα, τα λέμε, τι λέει, χαιρετισμούς, χαιρετώ, χέρι, χέρι που χαιρετά |
| العربية (ar) | تلويح باليد: بشرة بلون معتدل | أهلا, إلى اللقاء, انظر إلي, باي, بدي روح, بشرة بلون معتدل, تأشير, ترحيب, تلويح, لاحقًا, مرحبا, هاي, هلا, يد |
| עברית (he) | יד מנופפת: גוון עור בינוני | ביי, גוון עור בינוני, היי, יד, כיף, להתראות, מנופפת, שלום |
| فارسی (fa) | تکان دادن دست: پوست طلایی | آهای, اونجایی؟, با توام, بدن, بیرون, پوست طلایی, تا بعد, تکان, تکان دادن, تکان دادن دست, خداحافظ, خوشامدگویی, دست, سلام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथ हिलाना: गेहुँआ त्वचा | अभी के लिए बाय, अलविदा, क्या आप हैं?, गेहुँआ त्वचा, बाद में बात करते हैं, बाय, बाय-बाय, मैं जा रहा हूँ, मैं जा रही हूँ, हाथ, हिलाना, हैलो |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাত নাড়ানো: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | দোলানো, নাড়ানো, বিদায় জানানো, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, শরীর, হাই, হাত, হ্যালো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan melambai: warna kulit sedang | badan, dadah, dah, hai, halo, jari, lambai, sampai jumpa, tangan, tangan melambai, tubuh, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | vẫy tay: màu da trung bình | chào, chào nhé, có ai ở đó không?, đang vẫy, màu da trung bình, tay, vẫy, vẫy tay nè, xin chào |
| ไทย (th) | โบกมือ: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | ทักทาย, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, บ๊ายบาย, โบกมือ, ไปก่อนนะ, ร่ำลา, สวัสดี, หวัดดี, อวัยวะ, ฮัลโหล |
| 日本語 (ja) | 手を振る: 中間の肌色 | あいさつ, さようなら, バイバイ, ハロー, またね, 中間の肌色, 手, 手を振る |
| 한국어 (ko) | 흔드는 손: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 거기 있어?, 나중에 봐, 똑똑, 바이, 안녕, 이따가 봐, 잘가, 펼친 손, 헤이, 흔드는 손 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 挥手: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 你好, 再见, 嗨, 在吗, 手, 挥手, 等一下, 等等, 该走了 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 揮手：淺褐皮膚 | 再見, 手, 手勢, 拜拜, 揮手, 是你嗎, 淺褐皮膚, 該走了, 閃人 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wuiwende hand: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsa a ɛrehim: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): dorë që tundet: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ተወዛዋዥ እጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): թափահարող ձեռք․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): হাত লৰোৱা: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): əl sallayan əllər: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул болғау: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): mugitzen ari den eskua: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): махае рукой: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): mahanje rukom: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Махане с ръка: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ဝှေ့ယမ်းနေသည့် လက် − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): signe de la main : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 揮手: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 挥手: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): mà que saluda: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏲᎵᎭ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 揮手：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): аллипе сулать: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): ruka koja maše: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): mávající ruka: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): vinker: medium teint
- Estonian (et): lehvitav käsi: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão a acenar: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): veitrandi hond: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): kumakaway na kamay: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): käden heilautus: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): man saudando: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ქნევა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): હાથ હલાવવા: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): hannu mai wurgawa: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): wave karta haath: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): integető kéz: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): hönd veifar: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): na-efe aka: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): lámh ag croitheadh: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): tangan ngawe-awe: kulit kuning
- Kabyle (kab): afus yettwehhin: taglimt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕೈ ಬೀಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қол бұлғау: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول بۇلعاۋ: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បក់ដៃ: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza gipepera: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): हात हालोवप: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол булгалоо: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Upam q’ab’aj: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ໂບກມື: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): mājoša roka: vidējs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): man ch’a salua: carnaxon cô d’öiva
- Lithuanian (lt): mojuojanti ranka: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kiwajuca ruka: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): wénkend Hand: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): мавтање со рака: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): lambai tangan: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): വീശുന്ന കൈ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): id ixxejjer: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): हवेत हलविणारा हात: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мэндчилж байгаа гар: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): ringa pōhirihiri: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): हल्लाइरहेको हात: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Wev: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo le dumedišago: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): vinkende hånd: hudtype 4
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): vinkande hand: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ଦୋଳାୟମାନ ହାତ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka raasuu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): لاس ښورول: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ ਹਿਲਾਉਣਾ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ ہلاندیاں: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): qinquykachasqa maki: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): mână fluturată: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dar dal maun: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh a’ smèideadh: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): рука која маше: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): рука која маше: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka koja maše: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): ruka koja maše: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ဝႆမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): لڏندڙ هٿ: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): අත වැනීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): mávajúca ruka: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): mahajoča dlan: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan haadin: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mkono unaopunga: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): ҳаракати пешу қафои даст: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கையசைத்தல்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): చేయి ఊపడం: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝወዛወዝ ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): nima taʻataʻalo: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le tsholeditsweng: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): galgaýan el: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kiwaca ruka: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): ہاتھ لہرانا: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قول پۇلاڭلىتىش: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): shapaloq: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): llaw yn chwifio: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): tàllal loxo: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): ukuwangawangisa isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): N Juwọ: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): N Juwɔ: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukuphakamisa isandla: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F44B U+1F3FD` |
| HTML | `👋🏽` |
| CSS | `\1F44B\1F3FD` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F44B}\u{1F3FD}` |
| Python | `\U0001F44B\U0001F3FD` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 8B F0 9F 8F BD` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC4B D83C DFFD` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%8B%F0%9F%8F%BD` |

## Questions

### What does 👋🏽 mean?

An open hand raised and waving. It works as a greeting or goodbye, for 'hi', 'hello' and 'bye'. Many messages open or close with it, and it helps welcome new people or get someone's attention. 👋🏽 shows it with medium skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

👋🏽 is the 👋 waving hand emoji with medium skin tone. It's 👋 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F44B U+1F3FD.

### How do I type 👋🏽?

Find 👋 in your emoji keyboard by searching “waving 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+1F44B U+1F3FD. In HTML you can write 👋🏽

### When was 👋🏽 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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