Writing hand emoji ✍️
Emoji 0.7 (2014) · U+270D U+FE0F
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What ✍️ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Writing hand ✍️ is tagged with these keywords: hand, write, writing.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing hand or write in the emoji search brings up ✍️.
Writing hand ✍️ is one of 3 emoji in the hands holding things subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to 💅 🤳.
✍️ comes in 5 skin tones, from ✍🏻 to ✍🏿, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ✍️ show on my friend's phone?
✍️ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.7 (2014). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ✍️
Any emoji picker finds ✍️ when you search for writing hand.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type writing hand.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type writing hand in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type writing hand.
Codes for developers
Writing hand ✍️ is written with 2 code points: U+270D U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 6 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+270D U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ✍️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ✍️ | |
| CSS | content: "\270D \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u270D\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%9C%8D%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C 8D EF B8 8F |
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 | writing hand |
| Português | escrevendo à mão |
| Español | mano escribiendo |
| Italiano | mano che scrive |
| Français | main qui écrit |
| Deutsch | schreibende Hand |
| Türkçe | yazı yazan el |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tangan menulis |
| Polski | pisząca dłoń |
| Русский | пишущая рука |
| 日本語 | 書いている手 |
| 한국어 | 글을 쓰고 있는 손 |
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All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the writing hand emoji mean?
Unicode calls ✍️ "writing hand" and links it with hand, write, writing. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the hands holding things subgroup of people & body.
When was the writing hand emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, so it works on any phone.
Can I change the skin tone of ✍️?
Yes. ✍️ has these skin tones: ✍🏻 ✍🏼 ✍🏽 ✍🏾 ✍🏿. 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.