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Emoji👋
CodepointU+1F44B
Categorypeople & body
Subcategoryhand-fingers-open

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More Emojis from the hand-fingers-open subcategory

waving hand (U+1F44B)

handwavewaving

The emoji "👋" is known as "waving hand." It is used to represent a friendly wave or greeting, either in-person or virtually. This emoji can convey a sense of warmth, cordiality, or saying goodbye to someone in a light-hearted way. It is also used in online conversations to indicate that the user is about to end the chat or close the application.

waving hand emoji text examples

  • 1. "Goodbye, I'll see you later!" 👋
  • 2. "I'm waving from across the room!" 👋
  • 3. "Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it!" 👋
  • 4. "I'm so excited to start this new adventure!" 👋
  • 5. "I'm sending positive vibes your way!" 👋
  • Note: The emoji 👋 is a hand waving goodbye or hello, it can be used in various context to express farewell, greetings, appreciation, excitement, and sending positive vibes.

waving hand emoji popularity

Overall usage trend: increasing.
waving hand emoji ranks 🥈 2nd among all 1950 emojis.
waving hand emoji ranks 🥈 2nd within the people & body category among a total of 384 emojis.
waving hand emoji ranks 🥇 1st within the hand-fingers-open subcategory among a total of 11 emojis.

waving hand emoji in other languages:

  • 🇩🇪 german: winkende Hand
  • 🇨🇳 chinese: 揮手
  • 🇺🇦 ukrainian: махає рукою
  • 🇫🇷 french: agitant la main
  • 🇸🇦 arabic: يلوح باليد
  • 🇯🇵 japan: 手を振っている
  • 🇪🇸 spanish: mano que saluda

waving hand emoji 👋 in Other Platforms

2000
2000/1
Softbank (2000)
waving hand on platform Softbank
2004
2004/9
Skype (1.0)
waving hand on platform Skype
2005
2005/1
au kddi (type-d-3)
waving hand on platform au kddi
2008
2008/11
Apple (iphone-os-2.2)
waving hand on platform Apple
2012
2012/7
Google (android-4.3)
waving hand on platform Google
2012/10
Microsoft (windows-8.0)
waving hand on platform Microsoft
2013
2013/4
Samsung (touchwiz-2.0)
waving hand on platform Samsung
2013/8
Docomo (2013)
waving hand on platform Docomo
2014
2014/2
Facebook (1.0)
waving hand on platform Facebook
2014/6
LG (g3)
waving hand on platform LG
2014/9
EmojiOne (1.0)
waving hand on platform EmojiOne
2014/11
Twitter (twemoji-1.0)
waving hand on platform Twitter
2015
2015/3
HTC (sense-7)
waving hand on platform HTC
2015/8
BlobMoji (license-apache)
waving hand on platform BlobMoji
2016
2016/1
Mozilla (firefox-os-2.5)
waving hand on platform Mozilla
2016/5
EmojiDex (1.0.14)
waving hand on platform EmojiDex
2017
2017/10
Whatsapp (2.17)
waving hand on platform Whatsapp
2018
2018/4
OpenMoji (1.0)
waving hand on platform OpenMoji
2020
2020/1
JoyPixels (5.5)
waving hand on platform JoyPixels
2020/9
EmojiTwo (1.0)
waving hand on platform EmojiTwo
2021
2021/8
Symbola (1.0)
waving hand on platform Symbola
2022
2022/2
waving hand on platform Microsoft Teams
2022/10
Telegram (telemoji-october-2022)
waving hand on platform Telegram
2023
2023/8
HuaWei (1.0)
waving hand on platform HuaWei