# ✍🏻 Writing hand emoji: light skin tone

✍🏻 is the writing 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: writing hand: light skin tone
- Code points: U+270D U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Hands holding things
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [✍️ Writing hand](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-light-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- ✍️ [Writing hand](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-emoji.md)
- ✍🏼 [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

## What it's made of

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

1. ✍️ [Writing hand](https://emojichart.com/writing-hand-emoji.md) (U+270D U+FE0F)
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 “writing hand”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “writing hand”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “writing hand”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “writing 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) | mano escribiendo: tono de piel claro | escribir, lápiz, mano, mano escribiendo, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | main qui écrit : peau claire | écrire, main, main qui écrit, peau claire |
| Deutsch (de) | schreibende Hand: helle Hautfarbe | Hand, helle Hautfarbe, schreiben, schreibend, Stift |
| Italiano (it) | mano che scrive: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, disegnare, mano che scrive, penna, scrivere, scrivere a mano |
| Português (pt) | escrevendo à mão: pele clara | caneta, escrevendo, escrevendo à mão, mão, pele clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | schrijvende hand: lichte huidskleur | hand, lichte huidskleur, schrijf, schrijven |
| Svenska (sv) | hand som skriver: ljus hy | hand, hand som skriver, ljus hy, skriver |
| Polski (pl) | pisząca dłoń: karnacja jasna | dłoń, długopis, karnacja jasna, pisać, pisać odręcznie, pisząca dłoń, piszę, ręka |
| Türkçe (tr) | yazı yazan el: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, beden, el, kalem tutma, yazı yazan el, yazma |
| Русский (ru) | пишущая рука: очень светлый тон кожи | бумага, написать, очень светлый тон кожи, писать, письмо, пишет, пишу, пишущая, рука, ручка |
| Українська (uk) | рука, що пише: світлий тон шкіри | писати, рука, рука, що пише, світлий тон шкіри, тіло, що пише |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χέρι που γράφει: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, γράφω, σώμα, χέρι, χέρι που γράφει |
| العربية (ar) | يد تكتب: بشرة بلون فاتح | اكتب, بشرة بلون فاتح, تكتب, كتابة, يد, يد كاتبة, يكتب |
| עברית (he) | יד כותבת: גוון עור בהיר | גוון עור בהיר, יד, כותבת, כתב יד, כתיבה, לכתוב |
| فارسی (fa) | نوشتن با دست: پوست سفید | پوست سفید, دست, نوشتن, نوشتن با دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लिखता हुआ हाथ: गोरी त्वचा | गोरी त्वचा, लिखता हुआ हाथ, लिखना, लिखने वाला हाथ, शरीर, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | লেখার হাত: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | লেখা, লেখার হাত, শরীর, হাত, হাতে লেখা, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangan menulis: warna kulit cerah | badan, menulis, nulis, tangan, tubuh, tulis, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bàn tay đang viết: màu da sáng | bàn tay đang viết, màu da sáng, tay, viết |
| ไทย (th) | เขียนหนังสือ: โทนผิวสีขาว | เขียน, เขียนหนังสือ, โทนผิวสีขาว, มือ, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 書いている手: 薄い肌色 | 手, 手で書く, 手書き, 書いている手, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 글을 쓰고 있는 손: 하얀 피부 | 글쓰기, 글을 쓰고 있는 손, 손, 연필 쥔 손, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 写字: 较浅肤色 | 写, 写字, 手, 笔, 较浅肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 寫：白皮膚 | 寫, 手寫, 書寫, 白皮膚, 記錄 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand wat skryf: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsa a wɔde twerɛ nsɛm: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): dorë që shkruan: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): እየጻፈ ያለ እጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): գրող ձեռք․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): লিখি থকা হাত: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): yazı əli: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): яҙыусы ҡул: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): idazten ari den eskua: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): пішучая рука: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): ruka koja piše: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Пишеща ръка: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): စာရေးနေသည့် လက် − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main qui écrit : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 寫字嘅手: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 写字嘅手: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): mà que escriu: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏬᏱ ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫыракан алӑ: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): ruka koja piše: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): píšící ruka: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): skrivende hånd: lys teint
- Estonian (et): kirjutav käsi: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mão a escrever: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): skrivandi hond: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): nagsusulat na kamay: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kirjoittava käsi: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): man escribindo: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): ხელი, რომელიც წერს: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): લખી રહેલો હાથ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): hannu mai rubutawa: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): likhta hua haath: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): író kéz: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): skrifandi hönd: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): aka na-ede ihe: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): lámh scríbhneoireachta: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): tangan nulis: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): afus yettarun: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қолмен жазу: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قولمەن جازۋ: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ដៃកាន់ប៊ិចសរសេរ: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikiganza cyandika: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): बरोवपाचो हात: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): жазып жаткан кол: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tz’ib’anem chi q’ab’aj: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ມືກຳລັງຂຽນ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): rakstoša roka: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): man ch’a scrive: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): rašanti ranka: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pišuca ruka: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): schreiwend Hand: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): рака што пишува: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): tangan menulis: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): എഴുതുന്ന കൈ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): id li tikteb biha: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): लिखाण करणारा हात: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бичиж байгаа гар: цайвар
- Māori (mi): ringa tuhituhi: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): लेखिरहेको हात: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hand Wé De Raít Sọ́mtin: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): seatla le ngwalago: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): skrivende hånd: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): skrivande hand: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ଲେଖିବା ହାତ: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka barreessu: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): لیکونکې لاس: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਲਿਖਣਾ, ਲਿਖਾਈ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): لکھائی کردا ہتھ: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): maki qillqachkan: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): mână scriind: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): maun che scriva: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): làmh a’ sgrìobhadh: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): рука која пише: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): рука која пише: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ruka koja piše: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): ruka koja piše: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): မိုဝ်းတႅမ်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): لکندڙ هٿ: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): ලියමින් සිටින අත: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): píšuca ruka: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): pišoča dlan: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan wax qoraysa: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): mkono unaoandika: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): дасти навишта истода: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): எழுதுதல்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): వ్రాస్తున్న చేయి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ናይ ጽሕፈት ኢድ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): nima ʻoku tohi: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): letsogo le le kwalang: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): ýazýan el: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ruka, kiž pisa: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): لکھتا ہوا ہاتھ: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): يېزىۋاتقان قول: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): yozayotgan qo‘l: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dwylo yn ysgrifennu: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): loxo buy bind: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): isandla esibhalayo: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): ńkọ́wé: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ńkɔ́wé: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): isandla esibhalayo: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+270D U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `✍🏻` |
| CSS | `\270D\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{270D}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\u270D\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C 8D F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `270D D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%8D%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does ✍🏻 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. ✍🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

✍🏻 is the ✍️ writing hand emoji with light skin tone. It's ✍️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+270D U+1F3FB.

### How do I type ✍🏻?

Find ✍️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “writing 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+270D 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/writing-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji