About
The Waving Hand emoji (👋) is your digital doorbell—the friendly gesture that starts conversations and gracefully exits them. It's the Swiss Army knife of social emojis, equally at home saying 'hey there!' to a new group chat or 'gotta bounce!' when you're sneaking out of a boring conversation.
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- People & Body
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When to use 👋
- →Greeting someone in a new group chat or conversation
- →Saying goodbye when leaving a discussion
- →Acknowledging someone's presence or message casually
- →Breaking the ice in professional or friendly contexts
- →Signaling departure without being abrupt
Keywords
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Related Concepts
greetinggoodbyehellodepartureacknowledgmentfriendlycasualsocialentranceexit
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F44B
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji was one of the original hand gestures included in Unicode 6.1 back in 2012, making it an OG of digital communication—it's been waving hello and goodbye longer than most social media platforms have existed.
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