✋️ Raised hand emoji

The raised hand emoji means stop, high five, raised palm, or asking to speak. It is common in messages about pausing, volunteering, classroom participation, and celebratory high-fives.

Use ✋ when a clear palm-forward gesture is needed. It differs from 🤚 Raised back of hand and has less spread between fingers than 🖐️ Hand with fingers splayed.

Could also be called stop hand, high five, raised palm or hand up emoji.

Other meanings

Stop, high five, raised palm, volunteer, wait, hand up

Example Usage

I can help with that part of the project ✋

Variants

Related emoji

Hand gestures emojis

• 👋️ Waving hand
• 🤚️ Raised back of hand
• 🖐️ Hand with fingers splayed
• 🖖️ Vulcan salute

Visual description

On iOS, this emoji is a yellow hand with palm facing forward and fingers held together. At small sizes, it looks like a simple upright stop hand.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.