clapping hands
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U+1F44F · Emoji 0.6 · People & Body
Overview
Rendered as two hands striking together, often with small motion lines, Clapping Hands occupies the hands subcategory of People & Body, is encoded at U+1F44F, and supports the five skin-tone modifiers. It was standardized in Unicode 6.0 and Emoji 0.6 in 2015. The emoji represents applause, approval, and congratulation, conveying appreciation for an accomplishment or agreement with a point; in text it is sometimes placed between words for rhetorical emphasis. Its plain depiction of a familiar gesture makes it immediately legible across cultures. Closely related to the thumbs-up and other approving hand emoji, it is distinguished by its association with performance and praise.
Two hands clapping together. Used to express applause, appreciation, or celebration.
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Encoding
| Unicode | U+1F44F |
| UTF-8 | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x8F |
| UTF-16 | 0xD83D 0xDC4F |
| HTML | 👏 |
| CSS | \1F44F |
| Python | \U0001F44F |
| JavaScript | \u{1F44F} |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC4F |
Unicode Properties
From emoji-data.txt & emoji-variation-sequences.txt (Unicode 0.6)
| Extended_Pictographic | Yes |
| Emoji_Presentation | Yes |
| Emoji | Yes |
| emoji-data.txt | 1F44F ; Extended_Pictographic # 0.6 ๐ clapping hands |
| Python regex | regex.match(r'\p{Extended_Pictographic}', '๐') |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the ๐ clapping hands emoji mean?
Rendered as two hands striking together, often with small motion lines, Clapping Hands occupies the hands subcategory of People & Body, is encoded at U+1F44F, and supports the five skin-tone modifiers. It was standardized in Unicode 6.0 and Emoji 0.6 in 2015. The emoji represents applause, approval, and congratulation, conveying appreciation for an accomplishment or agreement with a point; in text it is sometimes placed between words for rhetorical emphasis. Its plain depiction of a familiar gesture makes it immediately legible across cultures. Closely related to the thumbs-up and other approving hand emoji, it is distinguished by its association with performance and praise.
What is the Unicode codepoint of clapping hands?
The clapping hands emoji (๐) is 1F44F, encoded in Unicode 0.6.
When was the clapping hands emoji released?
clapping hands was released in Emoji 0.6 (2015).