✍️ Writing Hand

✍️ Writing Hand is one of the hands holding something in Unicode's People & Body group. People send it when the subject is hand, write and writing.

You can drop ✍️ into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Gestures and Hands. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.7 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+270D. 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, write and writing.
• Often seen near ✍🏻 Writing Hand: Light Skin Tone, 💅 Nail Polish and 🤳 Selfie.

Easy to mix up with ✍🏻 Writing Hand: Light Skin Tone, 💅 Nail Polish or 🤳 Selfie. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.