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Waving Hand Sign

A symbol from the People & Hands collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

People & Hands collection
Symbol
👋
Unicode
U+1F44B
HTML entity
👋
Category
People & Hands

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Download Waving Hand Sign as a vector SVG or a raster PNG.

SVG uses the system font stack — open in any vector editor and convert to outlines if needed. PNGs have a transparent background.

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About the waving hand sign symbol

Waving Hand Sign represents a human hand with motion lines, depicting a gesture of greeting or farewell. Found within the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, this character is categorized under the People and Hands section on this site. It is part of the Common script, meaning it is designed to be used across various languages and writing systems rather than being restricted to a single tongue.

Users frequently employ this symbol in social media posts and digital messaging to signify a friendly hello or a final goodbye. In professional contexts, it is sometimes used in status updates or email signatures to indicate an arrival or departure from a conversation. Additionally, streamers and content creators often use the sign in live chat environments to acknowledge new viewers or to sign off at the end of a broadcast.

How to type Waving Hand Sign

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options
  1. Press Win + . (period) to open the emoji & symbol picker.
  2. Or in Word: type 1F44B then Alt + X for the first codepoint.

Multi-codepoint sequence — emoji picker is the reliable option.

macOS

2 options
  1. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
  2. Search by name or paste the symbol — easiest path for multi-codepoint sequences.

Linux

1 step
  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 1F44B, then press Enter or Space.

Copy in every format

Every form of this character — for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, URLs and more. Click any value to copy.

Skin tone variants

The waving hand sign accepts a Fitzpatrick skin-tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF). Each variant is a distinct copyable sequence — click to copy.

Text vs emoji presentation

This codepoint has two standardized presentations. Append U+FE0E to force the monochrome text form, or U+FE0F to force the colorful emoji form. Default presentation: emoji.

Part of the Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs block

👋 waving hand sign lives inside the Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs Unicode block. Browse every indexed character in Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs →

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