👐 Open Hands

Unicode lists 👐 Open Hands among the two-handed gestures in the People & Body group. Typical contexts are hand, hands, hug and jazz. Further official keywords are open and swerve.

👐 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Gestures and Hands. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.6 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F450. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

• 👐 works as a one-character reply when hand is the subject.
• Fits messages about hand, hands, hug and jazz.
• Often seen near 🫶🏻 Heart Hands: Light Skin Tone, 👐🏻 Open Hands: Light Skin Tone and 🫶 Heart Hands.

• 👐👏 – Open Hands and Clapping Hands
• 👐🤝 – Open Hands with Handshake
• 👐🙏 – Open Hands plus Folded Hands
• 👐🤲 – Open Hands and Palms up Together
• 👐🫶 – Open Hands with Heart Hands
• 👐🙌 – Open Hands plus Raising Hands

Easy to mix up with 🫶🏻 Heart Hands: Light Skin Tone, 👐🏻 Open Hands: Light Skin Tone or 🫶 Heart Hands. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.