✋ is called "Raised Hand". Its official Unicode name is raised hand.

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Raised Hand

Raised Hand is one of the open-hand gestures and covers 5, five and hand.

👋 Gestures & Hands since 2010 · Unicode 6.0

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💡 Meaning

Unicode lists ✋ Raised Hand among the open-hand gestures in the People & Body group. It usually appears in messages about 5, five, hand and high. Further official keywords are raised and stop.

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📱 Typical Usage

✋ works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Gestures and Hands. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+270B. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

✍️ Usage Examples

✋ on its own already flags the topic: 5.
Fits messages about 5, five, hand and high.
Often seen near ✋🏻 Raised Hand: Light Skin Tone, 🖐🏻 Hand with Fingers Splayed: Light Skin Tone and 🖐️ Hand with Fingers Splayed.

📈 Trends & Pop Culture

✋ mainly stands for five, high and stop in chats. In the wiki it sits in the Gestures & Hands category.

🔗 Popular Combinations

✋🖐️ – Raised Hand and Hand with Fingers Splayed
✋🤚 – Raised Hand with Raised Back of Hand
✋👋 – Raised Hand plus Waving Hand
✋🫱 – Raised Hand and Rightwards Hand
✋🫲 – Raised Hand with Leftwards Hand
✋🖖 – Raised Hand plus Vulcan Salute

⚠️ Confusion Risk

Easy to mix up with ✋🏻 Raised Hand: Light Skin Tone, 🖐🏻 Hand with Fingers Splayed: Light Skin Tone or 🖐️ Hand with Fingers Splayed. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.