Hamsa emoji 🪬
Emoji 14.0 (2021) · U+1FAAC
What 🪬 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Hamsa 🪬 is tagged with these keywords: amulet, Fatima, fortune, guide, hand, Mary, Miriam, palm, protect, protection.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing amulet or Fatima in the emoji search brings up 🪬.
Hamsa 🪬 is one of 9 emoji in the other objects subgroup of objects (268 emoji), next to 🗿 🪧 🪪 🚬.
Will 🪬 show on my friend's phone?
🪬 is fairly new: Emoji 14.0 (2021). Phones and computers updated since 2022 usually show it; older ones may show an empty box.
How to type 🪬
Any emoji picker finds 🪬 when you search for hamsa.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type hamsa.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type hamsa in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type hamsa.
Codes for developers
Hamsa 🪬 is a single code point, U+1FAAC. 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+1FAAC | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🪬 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🪬 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FAAC"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAAC} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AA%AC | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA AC |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🪬 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | hamsa |
| Português | hamsá |
| Español | hamsa |
| Italiano | mano di Fatima |
| Français | main de Fatma |
| Deutsch | Hamsa |
| Türkçe | Fatıma’nın Eli |
| Bahasa Indonesia | hamsa |
| Polski | chamsa |
| Русский | хамса |
| 日本語 | ハムサ |
| 한국어 | 함사 |
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All objects emoji →Questions people ask
What does the hamsa emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🪬 "hamsa" and links it with amulet, Fatima, fortune, guide. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the other objects subgroup of objects.
When was the hamsa emoji added?
In Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. Only phones and computers updated since 2022 show it; older ones may show a box.
How do I type the hamsa emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🪬 when you search for hamsa.