✍️

Writing Hand Emoji ✍️

What ✍️ means

A hand with the structure of a pen held between the forefinger and the thumb. This emoji signifies writing, signing, sketching, painting, and drawing too.

The ✍️ Writing Hand emoji can mean penning down your thoughts, drawing something, making art, signing something important, anything related to a pen, and paper. It is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms and the color of the pen/pencil would vary.

How and when to use it

If someone asks what you're doing, and you were writing, then voilà, send the ✍️ emoji to tell them what you were doing.
✍️ can also be used if you're sending across some docs and want the receiver to sign them and send them back.
If you're rooting for an online petition and you want your friends and family to sign it as well, send the petition along with ✍️.
If you're planning on opening a writing contest, for poetry, short stories, anything, you can use ✍️ while drafting out a virtual notice.
You can also use ✍️ to indicate drawing and sketching as well.
✍️ is also interpreted as a form of memorizing something, or noting something down. So if your buddy said something nasty, use this emoji to tell them that you will remember what they said.
✍️ can be used the other way around too. If you're the one saying something important and you want the receiver to make note of it, send this emoji.

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