One arm shot straight up, like a kid who knows the answer — that's the raised hand. It's used for 'me!,' 'pick me,' or 'ooh I know this one,' and doubles as a polite way to volunteer for something or flag a question before anyone gets to it.
What 🙋 means
A gender-neutral and shoulder-length portrayal of a person with side-parted, short hair holding the right hand up and parallel to the head.
The 🙋 Person Raising Hand emoji signifies asking or answering a question, seconding an opinion, or even assuring your presence. Although said to be gender-neutral, this emoji is mostly shown as a woman.
It is available in the designated skin tones on almost all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If your group is the kind to have a regular/daily heads up of all the active or awake members (if you're not able to sleep and need another buddy to stay up late with), you can use 🙋 to show that you're there or rather, awake.
- You can use 🙋 while proposing to answer a certain question that was raised in a group chat.
- 🙋 can also be used to greet someone, like "Hi! 🙋" or "Howdy! 🙋".
- If someone on a group chat said something that you absolutely loved and thereby second that opinion, you can use 🙋 to say that you agree to what the other person is saying.
- 🙋 can also be used as a reaction to social media posts that you really liked and even stand by.
- You can also use 🙋 to ask if you can throw in a question; this can either be useful in a group chat or in a formal private chat (the kind where you're just getting to know the other person.
Other Names
- 🙋 Happy
- 🙋 Answering
- 🙋 Seconding
- 🙋 Agreeing
- 🙋 Questioning
- 🙋 Present
- 🙋 Confirmation
- 🙋 Hand Up
- 🙋 Answering Question
- 🙋 Happy Woman Raising One Hand
- 🙋 Happy Person Raising One Hand
- 🙋 I'm Here
- 🙋 In Here
🙋 in real conversations
What does 🙋 mean from a girl?
'Me! Pick me!' — volunteering, answering a question, or claiming something before anyone else can. 'Free tickets? 🙋' is staking a claim fast, hand shooting up before she's even thought it through.
What does 🙋 mean from a guy?
Eager volunteering, the same energy as shooting a hand up in class. It shows up when someone asks for help, a plus-one, or a volunteer, and he wants to be first in line for it.
What does 🙋 mean in texting?
Raising a hand to say 'that's me' or 'I'll do it' — enthusiasm about being picked or included. It works as a one-emoji reply to any group-chat 'who wants to come along?'
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › person-gesture
- Codepoints
U+1F64B- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:raising_hand::person_raising_hand:Discord- Keywords
- gesture, hand, here, know, me, person, pick, question, raise, raising
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 — 🙋 Person Raising Hand or 🌤️ Sun Behind Small Cloud?