Both hands spread open, palms facing the viewer, the open-hands emoji reads as a welcome, a hug, or an enthusiastic 'ta-da.' It's warm and inviting by design, used for good news, open arms, or just jazz-hands-style excitement.
What 👐 means
A pair of hands held together in a way that thumbs are parallel to each other and the palms are shown. This emoji can signify the famous 'Jazz Hands' and hugs, much like the 🤗 Hugging Face emoji.
The 👐 Open Hands expresses happiness, excitement, a carefree attitude, and most importantly, virtual hugs, affection, warmth, and love too. However, there can be more interpretations. It is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms.
How and when to use it
- Use 👐 to show happiness and excitement (like the jazz hands).
- If someone told you or showed you something gross and cringy, you can use 👐 as a way of telling them to stop with both palms up at their virtual, imaginary face.
- If you've made a new friend or opening up to existing ones, or building deeper relationships with the special ones, 👐 can be used to show honesty, transparency, and openness.
- If your buddy told you something amazing and you're really happy for them, you could slide in 👐 emoji along with other affectionate and warm emojis.
- 👐 could also be used to send along some virtual hugs.
Other Names
- 👐 Openness
- 👐 Honesty
- 👐 Transparency
- 👐 Excitement
- 👐 Stop
- 👐 Jazz Hands
- 👐 Hugs
- 👐 Hug
- 👐 Virtual Hugs
- 👐 Open Hands
- 👐 Open Hands Sign
- 👐 Loving Arms
- 👐 Open Arms
👐 in real conversations
What does 👐 mean in texting?
Open arms for a hug — the emoji version of come here. Sent after someone shares good news or a rough day, it's an offer of support without needing to spell it out.
What does 👐 mean from a girl?
Usually welcoming or reassuring — signaling she's open to talking, open to a plan, or ready to listen with no judgment attached. It's the 'my door's always open' sentiment, minus the actual words.
What does 👐 mean at the end of a message?
Sometimes it's jazz hands — a little flourish of excitement or ta-da energy after announcing something. 'Got the job 👐' reads as a small celebratory flair, not a hug request.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › hands
- Codepoints
U+1F450- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:open_hands:- Keywords
- hand, hands, hug, jazz, open, swerve
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
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 👐 Open Hands or 🌮 Taco?
Runs with a crowd
👐 keeps company in hand emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.