Emoji
(WAVING HAND SIGN): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(WAVING HAND SIGN), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji WAVING HAND SIGN
- Unicode Name
- WAVING HAND SIGN
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F44B
- Category
- Gestures
- Subcategory
- hand-fingers-open
- Slug
- wave
Meaning and description of emoticon ๐
๐ depicts a hand in a waving gesture. Belongs to the Gestures group in the Unicode standard.
With ๐, you show a greeting, a gentle way into a conversation, or a friendly farewell โ "hello" or "bye, see you again." It's often used alongside ๐ or ๐ฌ, and in conversation it looks like "Hi, how are you today ๐" and best sets a safe, neutral tone at the start of a dialogue. ๐ shows that the connection is starting without tension and with an open attitude.
Usage Examples ๐
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :wave: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :wave: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :wave: | |
| HTML Dec | 👋 | |
| HTML Hex | 👋 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F44B"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F44B | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83D\uDC4B | |
| Perl | \x{1F44B} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F44B} | |
| Punycode | xn--wp8h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%91%8B | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 91 8B |