🤏️ Pinching hand emoji
HTML
🤏
Unicode
U+1F90F
What is 🤏️ called?
🤏️ is called the Pinching hand emoji.
Often called the tiny-amount gesture, little-bit hand, or pinch hand. “Small hand gesture” can describe its meaning but should not be confused with the physical size of a person’s hand.
What does 🤏️ mean?
🤏 holds the thumb and index finger a very short distance apart. It means a tiny amount, small size, narrow gap, “just a little,” precision, or being very close to a result.
It can be playful or insulting when used to belittle the size or importance of something. Unlike 🤌 Pinched fingers, it depicts a measurement gap rather than all fingertips gathered together.
Other meanings
A little bit, tiny size, close measurement, almost, fine precision, picking up a small object, or a mocking suggestion that something is insignificant.
Example Usage
Add just a tiny amount of salt 🤏
We were this close to catching the train 🤏
More details
Officially named pinching hand. Its code point is U+1F90F, introduced in Emoji 12.0. The small gap is symbolic and does not specify a measurement.
Variants
Related emoji
Hand gestures emojis
Visual description
A hand with thumb and index finger curved toward one another but separated by a small visible gap.
The other fingers fold behind or rise loosely depending on platform. Default colour is yellow, with five skin-tone variants available.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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