U+1F64C · emoji since 2010
Two hands in the air is pure celebration. It's the emoji for finally, for praise, for we did it, and for any win worth throwing your arms up about.
It carries a touch of hallelujah energy, so it lands perfectly on good news and Friday afternoons. Where 👏 applauds someone else, 🙌 celebrates together.
In texting, 🙌 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 🙌 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Raising Hands emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the raising hands emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🙌 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
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