U+1F44B U+1F3FD "👋🏽" Waving Hand: Medium Skin Tone Emoji

Unicode Version 18.0

👋🏽
Source: Noto Color Emoji Source: Browser Default

The "U+1F44B U+1F3FD "👋🏽" Waving Hand: Medium Skin Tone" emoji is a widely used symbol for greeting, farewell, or friendly acknowledgment, featuring a raised hand with fingers spread and a medium skin tone. As part of the Unicode RGI emoji modifier sequence, it represents inclusivity by allowing users to select a skin tone that better reflects their identity or audience. This emoji commonly appears in casual digital communication to express hello, goodbye, or a warm wave across messaging apps, social media, and emails. Its tone can shift meaning slightly, from cheerful and polite to playful or sarcastic, depending on context.

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Emoji Components

U+1F44B
👋
Waving Hand Sign
U+1F3FD
🏽
Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-4

Related Emoji Sequences

U+1F44B U+1F3FB
👋🏻
Waving Hand: Light Skin Tone
U+1F44B U+1F3FC
👋🏼
Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone
U+1F44B U+1F3FE
👋🏾
Waving Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
U+1F44B U+1F3FF
👋🏿
Waving Hand: Dark Skin Tone

Emoji Properties

Emoji Name
Waving Hand: Medium Skin Tone
Code Points
"👋" U+1F44B Waving Hand Sign
"🏽" U+1F3FD Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-4
Emoji Sequence Type
RGI Emoji Modifier Sequence
Emoji Version
Emoji 1.0

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
👋🏽
HTML Hex Encoding
👋🏽
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x8B 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83D 0xDC4B 0xD83C 0xDFFD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F44B 0x0001F3FD
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83d\udc4b\ud83c\udffd