The crossed-fingers emoji shows a hand with the index and middle fingers crossed over each other. It's the digital version of physically crossing your fingers — used to wish someone luck, express hope for a good outcome, or signal that you're hoping something works out.
What 🤞 means
The forefinger and the middle finger crossed together while the rest of the fingers are folded into the palm. This emoji denotes hoping for the best, staying positive, building optimism, wishing good luck, etc.
The 🤞 Crossed Fingers emoji suggests a way of wishing for something, much like its counterpart; the phrase "fingers crossed!". It is available in the designated skin tones across almost all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If you're eagerly waiting for something, like permission for something, or results of an exam or a medical test, anything, use 🤞 emoji in that context.
- 🤞 emoji is basically used in any conversation where you would hope for the best. However, DO NOT use it when you're wishing well for people, like "Happy birthday", "Happy anniversary", "Have a good day". NOPE, DO NOT use this emoji while wishing well for people. NEVER.
- You can also use 🤞 emoji to show that you're nervous or anxious about something.
- If your friend told you something and you're trying to induce some positivity into the already damaged conversation, you can try bringing in 🤞 emoji.
Other Names
- 🤞 Hope For the Best
- 🤞 I Hope So
- 🤞 Please Be True
- 🤞 Please Do Not Be True
- 🤞 Optimism
- 🤞 Positivity
- 🤞 Good Luck
- 🤞 Best of Luck
- 🤞 Fingers Crossed
🤞 in real conversations
What does 🤞 mean from a girl?
Hoping hard — for your interview, her results, the plans not falling through. Just luck and wishes, nothing hidden in it.
What does 🤞 mean from a guy?
'Fingers crossed, let's see.' Optimism with a safety margin — sent about job offers, match results and weather forecasts in equal measure.
What does 🤞 mean in texting?
Good luck and hope. The old playground meaning — crossing your fingers behind your back to void a promise — survives mostly as a joke, so don't read betrayal into it.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › hand-fingers-partial
- Codepoints
U+1F91E- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0
- Shortcodes
:crossed_fingers:GitHub · Slack:hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed:Slack:fingers_crossed:Discord:hand_with_index_and_middle_finger_crossed:Discord- Keywords
- cross, crossed, finger, fingers, hand, luck
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Skin tone variations
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🤞 Crossed Fingers or 😍 Smiling Face with Heart-eyes?
Runs with a crowd
🤞 keeps company in hand emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.