👐️ Open hands emoji
HTML
👐
Unicode
U+1F450
What is 👐️ called?
👐️ is called the Open hands emoji.
Often called open palms, welcome hands, or hug hands. “Jazz hands” describes an energetic use, although no movement is built into the glyph.
What does 👐️ mean?
👐 displays two open palms and can mean openness, welcome, offering, honesty, acceptance, or an inviting hug. It may also resemble jazz hands or an “empty hands” demonstration.
The hands do not physically embrace anything, so the hug meaning is figurative. 🤲 Palms up together cups the palms to receive, while 👐 faces them outward.
Other meanings
Open arms, welcome, nothing to hide, offering help, acceptance, a virtual hug, jazz hands, generosity, or showing empty palms.
Example Usage
Everyone is welcome to join us 👐
I am approaching this discussion openly 👐
More details
Officially named open hands. Its code point is U+1F450, and this project records it from Emoji 1.0. Five same-tone variants are available.
Variants
Related emoji
Hand gestures emojis
Visual description
Two separate palm-forward hands sit side by side with thumbs inward and fingers spread.
Default colour is yellow, with five skin-tone variants. The hands face the viewer instead of upward like a bowl.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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