👍️Meaning and Description
Introducing the universally recognized "👍️" emoji, often referred to as the "Thumbs Up", "Like", or "Yes" gesture, is a symbol that embodies approval, agreement, and positivity. It displays a hand with the thumb pointed upward and other fingers folded inward. The hand symbol comes with a neutral skin tone by default, but users can choose from a range of skin-tone options.
The gesture can be traced back to ancient Rome, some sources suggest that the gesture was used to show death💀, while pressing someone's thumb down on their fist meant life. However, the meanings of these gestures have since been somehow reversed and are widely known as "OK" in the 20th Century. By the way, the first recorded positive association with the thumbs-up gesture was in 1917, in a book titled Over the Top📕 by Arthur Guy Empey.
The meaning behind the 👍️emoji is predominantly positive, representing approval, agreement✔, or encouragement. In everyday chats and social media platforms like Facebook, the thumbs up emoji is a versatile gesture emoji for expressing a wide range of sentiments. You can use it to show that you like, agree with, or support a post, picture, or comment. The thumbs up emoji can also convey encouragement or congratulation to your friends or family members who have accomplished something or shared a significant experience.
The gesture can be traced back to ancient Rome, some sources suggest that the gesture was used to show death💀, while pressing someone's thumb down on their fist meant life. However, the meanings of these gestures have since been somehow reversed and are widely known as "OK" in the 20th Century. By the way, the first recorded positive association with the thumbs-up gesture was in 1917, in a book titled Over the Top📕 by Arthur Guy Empey.
The meaning behind the 👍️emoji is predominantly positive, representing approval, agreement✔, or encouragement. In everyday chats and social media platforms like Facebook, the thumbs up emoji is a versatile gesture emoji for expressing a wide range of sentiments. You can use it to show that you like, agree with, or support a post, picture, or comment. The thumbs up emoji can also convey encouragement or congratulation to your friends or family members who have accomplished something or shared a significant experience.
💡Extended reading and popular science
The current 👍️ is a variant Emoji (emoji style, displaying colorful symbols on most new platforms), and it has two corresponding Emoji: 👍 (basic Emoji without variant symbols) and 👍︎ (text style, displaying black and white symbols on some old platforms). 👍️ (emoji style) = 👍 (base style) + emoji style
The meaning of emoji symbol 👍️ is thumbs up, it is related to +1, hand, thumb, up, it can be found in emoji category: "👌 People & Body" - "👍 Fisted Hand".
👍️Examples and Usage
👍️Images from Various Manufacturers
👍️Basic Information
Emoji: | 👍️ |
Shortname: | thumbs up |
Apple Name: | Thumbs Up |
Known as: | Like | Thumbs Up | Yes |
Codepoint: | U+1F44D FE0F Copy |
Shortcode: | :+1: Copy |
Decimal: | ALT+128077 ALT+65039 |
Unicode Version: | None |
Emoji Version: | None |
Categories: | 👌 People & Body |
Sub Categories: | 👍 Fisted Hand |
Keywords: | +1 | hand | thumb | thumbs up | up |
Proposal: | L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026 |
👨💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)
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👍️See also
👍️Extended Content
👍️More Languages
Language | Short Name & Link |
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Arabic | 👍️ قبول |
Bulgarian | 👍️ Палец нагоре |
Chinese, Simplified | 👍️ 拇指向上 |
Chinese, Traditional | 👍️ 讚 |
Croatian | 👍️ palac gore |
Czech | 👍️ palec nahoru |
Danish | 👍️ tommelfinger op |
Dutch | 👍️ duim omhoog |
Filipino | 👍️ thumbs up |
Finnish | 👍️ peukalo ylös |
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