🙋🏼♂Meaning and Description
This emoji, often described as a man facing forward, standing upright, and his arm is raised in the air with the hand extended upward. Typically shows the person with a neutral or slightly happy facial expression. The gender, skin tone, and outfit of the figure can vary across platforms, but the universal gesture of raising a hand——remains consistent.
The act of raising one's hand has been widely recognized across cultures and educational settings as a sign of wanting to participate, ask a question, or indicate agreement. The emoji 🙋🏼♂ is often used to indicate enthusiasm, participation, or willingness to volunteer or answer a question.
However, its usage often extends beyond this primary interpretation. It can be used to show eagerness, agreement, or the desire to contribute to a conversation or activity. It also serves as a polite way to interject or ask a question.
In everyday conversation and on social media, the person raising hand emoji has carved out its unique niche. It's often used to signal that one wants to say something or participate in an activity, or to indicate understanding or agreement. It's also frequently used in educational or professional contexts, mimicking the real-life gesture of raising a hand to participate.
The "🙋🏼♂" emoji is part of a larger family of people gesturing emojis. Along with the gender-neutral "🙋" and the "🙋♀️" emoji for women, this emoji also comes with a range of skin tone options. Just choose the one that suits you best!
💡Extended reading and popular science
🙋🏼♂ (man raising hand: medium-light skin tone) = 🙋🏼 (person raising hand: medium-light skin tone) + ♂ (male sign)
🙋🏼♂ (man raising hand: medium-light skin tone) = 🙋♂ (man raising hand) + 🏼 (medium-light skin tone)
🙋🏼♂ (no style) = 🙋🏼♂️ (emoji style) - emoji style
The meaning of emoji symbol 🙋🏼♂ is man raising hand: medium-light skin tone, it is related to gesture, man, man raising hand, medium-light skin tone, raising hand, it can be found in emoji category: "👌 People & Body" - "🙋 Gesture".
🙋🏼♂ is a zero-width joiner sequence, which is formed by combining 1 ZWJ zero width joiner and 2 individual Emoji. These individual Emojis are: 🙋🏼 (person raising hand: medium-light skin tone), ♂ (male sign). The new Emoji formed is displayed as a single Emoji: 🙋🏼♂ on some platforms with good compatibility, but it may also be displayed as multiple Emojis put together: 🙋🏼♂ on some platforms with poor compatibility.
🙋🏼♂ (1F64B 1F3FC 200D 2642) - minimally-qualified Emoji, See also: 🙋🏼♂️ (1F64B 1F3FC 200D 2642 FE0F) - fully-qualified Emoji.
🙋🏼♂Examples and Usage
🙋🏼♂Images from Various Manufacturers
🙋🏼♂Basic Information
Emoji: | 🙋🏼♂ |
Shortname: | man raising hand: medium-light skin tone |
Codepoint: | U+1F64B 1F3FC 200D 2642 Copy |
Decimal: | ALT+128587 ALT+127996 ALT+8205 ALT+9794 |
Unicode Version: | None |
Emoji Version: | None |
Categories: | 👌 People & Body |
Sub Categories: | 🙋 Gesture |
Keywords: | gesture | man | man raising hand | medium-light skin tone | raising hand |
Proposal: | L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026 |
👨💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)
🙋🏼♂Trend Chart
🙋🏼♂Popularity rating over time
🙋🏼♂See also
🙋🏼♂Extended Content
🙋🏼♂More Languages
Language | Short Name & Link |
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Arabic | 🙋🏼♂ رجل يرفع يده: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل |
Bulgarian | 🙋🏼♂ щастлив мъж, вдигнал ръка: средно светла кожа |
Chinese, Simplified | 🙋🏼♂ 男生举手: 中等-浅肤色 |
Chinese, Traditional | 🙋🏼♂ 男生舉手: 黃皮膚 |
Croatian | 🙋🏼♂ muškarac podiže ruku: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože |
Czech | 🙋🏼♂ muž se zvednutou rukou: středně světlý odstín pleti |
Danish | 🙋🏼♂ mand med løftet hånd: medium til lys teint |
Dutch | 🙋🏼♂ man met opgeheven hand: lichtgetinte huidskleur |
Filipino | 🙋🏼♂ lalaking nakataas ang kamay: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat |
Finnish | 🙋🏼♂ viittaava mies: keskivaalea iho |