Clapping hands emoji ๐
Emoji 0.6 (2010) ยท U+1F44F
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Clapping hands ๐ is tagged with these keywords: applause, approval, awesome, clap, congrats, congratulations, excited, good, great, hand.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing applause or approval in the emoji search brings up ๐.
Clapping hands ๐ is one of 7 emoji in the hands subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐ ๐ซถ ๐ ๐คฒ.
๐ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐๐ป to ๐๐ฟ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ๐
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for clapping hands.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type clapping hands.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type clapping hands in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type clapping hands.
Codes for developers
Clapping hands ๐ is a single code point, U+1F44F. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F44F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 👏 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👏 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F44F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F44F} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%91%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | clapping hands |
| Portuguรชs | mรฃos aplaudindo |
| Espaรฑol | manos aplaudiendo |
| Italiano | mani che applaudono |
| Franรงais | applaudissements |
| Deutsch | klatschende Hรคnde |
| Tรผrkรงe | el รงฤฑrpma |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tepuk tangan |
| Polski | klaskanie |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะฐะฟะปะพะดะธัะผะตะฝัั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๆๆ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์๋ผ |
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All people & body emoji โQuestions people ask
What does the clapping hands emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "clapping hands" and links it with applause, approval, awesome, clap. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the hands subgroup of people & body.
When was the clapping hands emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐?
Yes. ๐ has these skin tones: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.