# ✍️ Writing hand emoji

✍️ Writing hand is an emoji in the hands holding things set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: write.

- Emoji: ✍️
- Unicode name: writing hand
- Code points: U+270D U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Hands holding things
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :writing_hand:
- Keywords: hand, write, writing
- Page: https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-emoji

## What it means

A hand holding a pen, writing. The theme is writing, signing, taking notes and authorship. Journaling, drafting posts or essays, signing documents and replying 'noted' all call for it.

## Skin tones

- ✍🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270D U+1F3FB
- ✍🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270D U+1F3FC
- ✍🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270D U+1F3FD
- ✍🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270D U+1F3FE
- ✍🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+270D U+1F3FF

## How to type ✍️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mano escribiendo | escribir, lápiz, mano, mano escribiendo |
| Français (fr) | main qui écrit | écrire, main, main qui écrit |
| Deutsch (de) | schreibende Hand | Hand, schreiben, schreibend, Stift |
| Italiano (it) | mano che scrive | disegnare, mano che scrive, penna, scrivere, scrivere a mano |
| Português (pt) | escrevendo à mão | caneta, escrevendo, escrevendo à mão, mão |
| Nederlands (nl) | schrijvende hand | hand, schrijf, schrijven |
| Svenska (sv) | hand som skriver | hand, hand som skriver, skriver |
| Polski (pl) | pisząca dłoń | dłoń, długopis, pisać, pisać odręcznie, pisząca dłoń, piszę, ręka |
| Türkçe (tr) | yazı yazan el | beden, el, kalem tutma, yazı yazan el, yazma |
| Русский (ru) | пишущая рука | бумага, написать, писать, письмо, пишет, пишу, пишущая, рука, ручка |
| Українська (uk) | рука, що пише | писати, рука, рука, що пише, тіло, що пише |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι που γράφει | γράφω, σώμα, χέρι, χέρι που γράφει |
| العربية (ar) | يد تكتب | اكتب, تكتب, كتابة, يد, يد كاتبة, يكتب |
| עברית (he) | יד כותבת | יד, כותבת, כתב יד, כתיבה, לכתוב |
| فارسی (fa) | نوشتن با دست | دست, نوشتن, نوشتن با دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लिखता हुआ हाथ | लिखता हुआ हाथ, लिखना, लिखने वाला हाथ, शरीर, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | লেখার হাত | লেখা, লেখার হাত, শরীর, হাত, হাতে লেখা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan menulis | badan, menulis, nulis, tangan, tubuh, tulis |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bàn tay đang viết | bàn tay đang viết, tay, viết |
| ไทย (th) | เขียนหนังสือ | เขียน, เขียนหนังสือ, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 書いている手 | 手, 手で書く, 手書き, 書いている手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 글을 쓰고 있는 손 | 글쓰기, 글을 쓰고 있는 손, 손, 연필 쥔 손 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 写字 | 写, 写字, 手, 笔 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 寫 | 寫, 手寫, 書寫, 記錄 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand wat skryf
- Akan (ak): nsa a wɔde twerɛ nsɛm
- Albanian (sq): dorë që shkruan
- Amharic (am): እየጻፈ ያለ እጅ
- Armenian (hy): գրող ձեռք
- Assamese (as): লিখি থকা হাত
- Azerbaijani (az): yazı əli
- Bashkir (ba): яҙыусы ҡул
- Basque (eu): idazten ari den eskua
- Belarusian (be): пішучая рука
- Bosnian (bs): ruka koja piše
- Breton (br): dorn o skrivañ
- Bulgarian (bg): Пишеща ръка
- Burmese (my): စာရေးနေသည့် လက်
- Cantonese (yue): 寫字嘅手
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 写字嘅手
- Catalan (ca): mà que escriu
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏬᏱ ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫыракан алӑ
- Croatian (hr): ruka koja piše
- Czech (cs): píšící ruka
- Danish (da): skrivende hånd
- Estonian (et): kirjutav käsi
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão a escrever
- Faroese (fo): skrivandi hond
- Filipino (fil): nagsusulat na kamay
- Finnish (fi): kirjoittava käsi
- Galician (gl): man escribindo
- Georgian (ka): ხელი, რომელიც წერს
- Gujarati (gu): લખી રહેલો હાથ
- Hausa (ha): hannu mai rubutawa
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): likhta hua haath
- Hungarian (hu): író kéz
- Icelandic (is): skrifandi hönd
- Igbo (ig): aka na-ede ihe
- Irish (ga): lámh scríbhneoireachta
- Javanese (jv): tangan nulis
- Kalaallisut (kl): skrivende hånd
- Kannada (kn): ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ
- Kazakh (kk): қолмен жазу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قولمەن جازۋ
- Khmer (km): ដៃកាន់ប៊ិចសរសេរ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza cyandika
- Konkani (kok): बरोवपाचो हात
- Kyrgyz (ky): жазып жаткан кол
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tz’ib’anem chi q’ab’aj
- Lao (lo): ມືກຳລັງຂຽນ
- Latvian (lv): rakstoša roka
- Lithuanian (lt): rašanti ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pišuca ruka
- Luxembourgish (lb): schreiwend Hand
- Macedonian (mk): рака што пишува
- Malay (ms): tangan menulis
- Malayalam (ml): എഴുതുന്ന കൈ
- Maltese (mt): id li tikteb biha
- Marathi (mr): लिखाण करणारा हात
- Mongolian (mn): бичиж байгаа гар
- Māori (mi): ringa tuhituhi
- Nepali (ne): लेखिरहेको हात
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Raít Sọ́mtin
- Northern Sotho (nso): seatla le ngwalago
- Norwegian (no): skrivende hånd
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): skrivande hand
- Odia (or): ଲେଖିବା ହାତ
- Oromo (om): harka barreessu
- Pashto (ps): لیکونکې لاس
- Punjabi (pa): ਲਿਖਣਾ, ਲਿਖਾਈ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): لکھائی کردا ہتھ
- Quechua (qu): maki qillqachkan
- Romanian (ro): mână scriind
- Romansh (rm): maun che scriva
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh a’ sgrìobhadh
- Serbian (sr): рука која пише
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka koja piše
- Shan (shn): မိုဝ်းတႅမ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): لکندڙ هٿ
- Sinhala (si): ලියමින් සිටින අත
- Slovak (sk): píšuca ruka
- Slovenian (sl): pišoča dlan
- Somali (so): gacan wax qoraysa
- Swahili (sw): mkono unaoandika
- Tajik (tg): дасти навишта истода
- Tamil (ta): எழுதுதல்
- Telugu (te): వ్రాస్తున్న చేయి
- Tigrinya (ti): ናይ ጽሕፈት ኢድ
- Tongan (to): nima ʻoku tohi
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le kwalang
- Turkmen (tk): ýazýan el
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ruka, kiž pisa
- Urdu (ur): لکھتا ہوا ہاتھ
- Uyghur (ug): يېزىۋاتقان قول
- Uzbek (uz): yozayotgan qo‘l
- Welsh (cy): dwylo yn ysgrifennu
- Wolof (wo): loxo buy bind
- Xhosa (xh): isandla esibhalayo
- Yoruba (yo): ńkọ́wé
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ńkɔ́wé
- Zulu (zu): isandla esibhalayo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+270D U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `✍️` |
| CSS | `\270D\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{270D}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u270D\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C 8D EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `270D FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%8D%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ✍️ writing hand emoji mean?

A hand holding a pen, writing. The theme is writing, signing, taking notes and authorship. Journaling, drafting posts or essays, signing documents and replying 'noted' all call for it.

### How do I type the ✍️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “writing hand”. 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 :writing_hand:.

### When was the ✍️ emoji added?

✍️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

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

U+270D U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ✍️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{270D}\u{FE0F}.

### 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/writing-hand-emoji