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✍🏽U+270D U+1F3FD

Writing hand emoji: medium skin tone

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

Unicode name
writing hand: medium skin tone
Category
People & body, Hands holding things
Added
Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points
U+270D U+1F3FD
Base emoji
✍️ Writing hand

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.

How it looks

✍🏽
Your device
Writing hand emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Writing hand emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Writing hand emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in OpenMoji by OpenMoji, the open-source emoji and icon project
OpenMoji

Other skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

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

  1. ✍️Writing handU+270D U+FE0F
  2. 🏽Medium skin toneU+1F3FD

How to type ✍🏽

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolmano escribiendo: tono de piel medioescribir, lápiz, mano, mano escribiendo, tono de piel medio
Françaismain qui écrit : peau légèrement mateécrire, main, main qui écrit, peau légèrement mate
Deutschschreibende Hand: mittlere HautfarbeHand, mittlere Hautfarbe, schreiben, schreibend, Stift
Italianomano che scrive: carnagione olivastracarnagione olivastra, disegnare, mano che scrive, penna, scrivere, scrivere a mano
Portuguêsescrevendo à mão: pele morenacaneta, escrevendo, escrevendo à mão, mão, pele morena
Nederlandsschrijvende hand: getinte huidskleurgetinte huidskleur, hand, schrijf, schrijven
Svenskahand som skriver: mellanfärgad hyhand, hand som skriver, mellanfärgad hy, skriver
Polskipisząca dłoń: karnacja średniadłoń, długopis, karnacja średnia, pisać, pisać odręcznie, pisząca dłoń, piszę, ręka
Türkçeyazı yazan el: orta cilt tonubeden, el, kalem tutma, orta cilt tonu, yazı yazan el, yazma
Русскийпишущая рука: средний тон кожибумага, написать, писать, письмо, пишет, пишу, пишущая, рука, ручка, средний тон кожи
Українськарука, що пише: помірний тон шкіриписати, помірний тон шкіри, рука, рука, що пише, тіло, що пише
Ελληνικάχέρι που γράφει: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματοςγράφω, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, σώμα, χέρι, χέρι που γράφει
العربيةيد تكتب: بشرة بلون معتدلاكتب, بشرة بلون معتدل, تكتب, كتابة, يد, يد كاتبة, يكتب
עבריתיד כותבת: גוון עור בינוניגוון עור בינוני, יד, כותבת, כתב יד, כתיבה, לכתוב
فارسینوشتن با دست: پوست طلاییپوست طلایی, دست, نوشتن, نوشتن با دست
हिन्दीलिखता हुआ हाथ: गेहुँआ त्वचागेहुँआ त्वचा, लिखता हुआ हाथ, लिखना, लिखने वाला हाथ, शरीर, हाथ
বাংলালেখার হাত: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙমাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, লেখা, লেখার হাত, শরীর, হাত, হাতে লেখা
Bahasa Indonesiatangan menulis: warna kulit sedangbadan, menulis, nulis, tangan, tubuh, tulis, warna kulit sedang
Tiếng Việtbàn tay đang viết: màu da trung bìnhbàn tay đang viết, màu da trung bình, tay, viết
ไทยเขียนหนังสือ: โทนผิวสีเหลืองเขียน, เขียนหนังสือ, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, มือ, อวัยวะ
日本語書いている手: 中間の肌色中間の肌色, 手, 手で書く, 手書き, 書いている手
한국어글을 쓰고 있는 손: 갈색 피부갈색 피부, 글쓰기, 글을 쓰고 있는 손, 손, 연필 쥔 손
中文(简体)写字: 中等肤色中等肤色, 写, 写字, 手, 笔
中文(繁體)寫:淺褐皮膚寫, 手寫, 書寫, 淺褐皮膚, 記錄
Names in 102 more languages
Afrikaanshand wat skryf: medium velkleur
Akannsa a wɔde twerɛ nsɛm: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
Albaniandorë që shkruan: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
Amharicእየጻፈ ያለ እጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
Armenianգրող ձեռք․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
Assameseলিখি থকা হাত: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijaniyazı əli: orta dəri tonu
Bashkirяҙыусы ҡул: уртаса тән төҫө
Basqueidazten ari den eskua: bitarteko azal-tonua
Belarusianпішучая рука: сярэдні тон скуры
Bosnianruka koja piše: umjerena boja kože
BulgarianПишеща ръка: средна на цвят кожа
Burmeseစာရေးနေသည့် လက် − အသားလတ်ရောင်
Canadian Frenchmain qui écrit : peau légèrement mate
Cantonese寫字嘅手: 中膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)写字嘅手: 中肤色
Catalanmà que escriu: pell morena
CherokeeᎤᏬᏱ ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)寫:中等皮膚
Chuvashҫыракан алӑ: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
Croatianruka koja piše: maslinasta boja kože
Czechpíšící ruka: střední odstín pleti
Danishskrivende hånd: medium teint
Estoniankirjutav käsi: keskmine nahatoon
European Portuguesemão a escrever: tipo de pele 4
Faroeseskrivandi hond: miðal húðarlitur
Filipinonagsusulat na kamay: katamtamang kulay ng balat
Finnishkirjoittava käsi: tummanvaalea iho
Galicianman escribindo: ton de pel medio
Georgianხელი, რომელიც წერს: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
Gujaratiલખી રહેલો હાથ: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausahannu mai rubutawa: madaidaicin launin fata
Hindi (Latin)likhta hua haath: medium skin
Hungarianíró kéz: közepes bőrtónus
Icelandicskrifandi hönd: millihúðlitur
Igboaka na-ede ihe: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
Irishlámh scríbhneoireachta: ton cnis meánach
Javanesetangan nulis: kulit kuning
Kabyleafus yettarun: taglimt talemmast
Kannadaಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೈ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhқолмен жазу: 4-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)قولمەن جازۋ: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerដៃកាន់ប៊ិចសរសេរ: សម្បុរស្រអែម
Kinyarwandaikiganza cyandika: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
Konkaniबरोवपाचो हात: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzжазып жаткан кол: орточо
KʼicheʼTz’ib’anem chi q’ab’aj: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoມືກຳລັງຂຽນ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
Latvianrakstoša roka: vidējs ādas tonis
Ligurianman ch’a scrive: carnaxon cô d’öiva
Lithuanianrašanti ranka: rusvos odos
Lower Sorbianpišuca ruka: wósrědna barwa kóže
Luxembourgishschreiwend Hand: mëttel Hautfaarf
Macedonianрака што пишува: тип на кожа 4
Malaytangan menulis: ton kulit sederhana
Malayalamഎഴുതുന്ന കൈ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
Malteseid li tikteb biha: ton medju tal-ġilda
Marathiलिखाण करणारा हात: मध्यम त्वचा
Mongolianбичиж байгаа гар: дунд зэргийн
Māoriringa tuhituhi: kiri āhua waenga
Nepaliलेखिरहेको हात: छालाको प्रकार-४
Nigerian PidginHand Wé De Raít Sọ́mtin: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
Northern Sothoseatla le ngwalago: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
Norwegianskrivende hånd: hudtype 4
Norwegian Nynorskskrivande hand: hudtype 4
Odiaଲେଖିବା ହାତ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromoharka barreessu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
Pashtoلیکونکې لاس: غنم رنګه
Punjabiਲਿਖਣਾ, ਲਿਖਾਈ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)لکھائی کردا ہتھ: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuamaki qillqachkan: tunpa qara niraq
Romanianmână scriind: ton mediu al pielii
Romanshmaun che scriva: pel media
Scottish Gaeliclàmh a’ sgrìobhadh: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
Serbianрука која пише: ни светла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)рука која пише: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)ruka koja piše: ni svetla ni tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)ruka koja piše: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
Shanမိုဝ်းတႅမ်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
Sindhiلکندڙ هٿ: پڪو رنگ
Sinhalaලියමින් සිටින අත: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
Slovakpíšuca ruka: stredný tón pleti
Slovenianpišoča dlan: srednji ten kože
Somaligacan wax qoraysa: jidh nooc dhexe
Swahilimkono unaoandika: ngozi ya kahawia
Tajikдасти навишта истода: ранги миёнаи пӯст
Tamilஎழுதுதல்: வகை 4
Teluguవ్రాస్తున్న చేయి: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaናይ ጽሕፈት ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
Tongannima ʻoku tohi: kili melomelo
Tswanaletsogo le le kwalang: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
Turkmenýazýan el: orta deri reňki
Upper Sorbianruka, kiž pisa: srěnja barba kože
Urduلکھتا ہوا ہاتھ: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
Uyghurيېزىۋاتقان قول: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
Uzbekyozayotgan qo‘l: 4-teri turi
Welshdwylo yn ysgrifennu: arlliw croen canolog
Wolofloxo buy bind: xeesaayu der bu yam
Xhosaisandla esibhalayo: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
Yorubańkọ́wé: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)ńkɔ́wé: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
Zuluisandla esibhalayo: uhlobo-4

Codes

Code points
U+270D U+1F3FD
HTML
✍🏽
CSS
\270D\1F3FD
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{270D}\u{1F3FD}
Python
\u270D\U0001F3FD
UTF-8 bytes
E2 9C 8D F0 9F 8F BD
UTF-16
270D D83C DFFD
URL encoded
%E2%9C%8D%F0%9F%8F%BD

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 medium skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between ✍🏽 and ✍️?

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

How do I type ✍🏽?

Find ✍️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “writing 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+270D U+1F3FD. In HTML you can write ✍🏽

When was ✍🏽 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.