Raising Hands Emoji
Alternate styles by Microsoft Fluent Emoji and Google Noto Emoji Animation, MIT / CC BY 4.0 licensed.
What does Raising Hands ๐ mean?
Celebration, enthusiasm, or 'yay' โ a common way to express excitement about good news.
Like the rest of the People & Body category, it renders slightly differently across Apple, Google, and Samsung keyboards, though the core meaning stays consistent. As with most emojis, its exact meaning can shift depending on who you're texting and what came before it in the conversation. It's also available in 5 skin tone variants, so you can pick the one that best matches who or what you're describing.
๐ก Interesting fact: This emoji's design intentionally shows both hands at the same angle to read clearly as celebration rather than surrender.
How to use Raising Hands ๐ in a sentence
- We did it! ๐
- Finally, the weekend ๐
- So relieved that's over ๐
Raising Hands ๐ in other languages
French
mains levรฉes
Mandarin
ไธพๅๆ
German
zwei erhobene Handflรคchen
Hindi
เคเฅเคถ เคนเฅเคเคฐ เคฆเฅเคจเฅเค เคนเคพเคฅ เคเค เคพเคจเคพ
Japanese
ใใณใถใค
Korean
๋ง์ธ
Portuguese
mรฃos para cima
Spanish
manos levantadas celebrando
Russian
ััะฐ
Arabic
ุชุดุฌูุน
Frequently asked questions
What does the Raising Hands ๐ emoji mean?
Celebration, enthusiasm, or 'yay' โ a common way to express excitement about good news.
How do people use the Raising Hands ๐ emoji in texting?
A common way it shows up in messages: "We did it! ๐" It's generally understood the same way across most messaging apps, though tone can shift slightly depending on who's sending it.
Does the Raising Hands ๐ emoji have different skin tone options?
Yes โ Raising Hands supports 5 skin tone variants, selectable from its own emoji keyboard entry or listed directly on this page.
Can I download the Raising Hands ๐ emoji as an image?
Yes โ this page has buttons to download Raising Hands as an SVG (vector, best for scaling to any size) or a high-resolution PNG. The images come from the Twemoji design set (CC-BY 4.0), so credit is required if you reuse them elsewhere, and the exact art style may look slightly different from how this emoji renders on your own phone or computer.
Is there anything notable about the history of the Raising Hands ๐ emoji?
This emoji's design intentionally shows both hands at the same angle to read clearly as celebration rather than surrender.
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Cross-platform view of Raising Hands ๐
The same emoji is drawn differently by each company. Here's how Raising Hands looks across the most common platforms.
Combinations with Raising Hands ๐
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