OK hand, U+1F44C, leads the page: one tap copies it. CLDR files six emoji under OK, and OK button and Person gesturing OK sit beside it. Below is every other hand emoji, 44 in all from Waving hand to Selfie.
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Search by gesture, pick a tone once
Search reads Unicode names and CLDR search words, so luck finds Crossed fingers and manicure finds Nail polish. Pick a skin tone once and all 44 hands follow it, as does Person gesturing OK. Twelve hands have a plain text form, which the style switch under More options copies.
Requests filed under another name
Shaka emoji copy and paste means Call me hand: no emoji has shaka in its name, and CLDR lists Shaka for it alone. For fist emoji copy and paste there are four: Raised fist, Oncoming fist, which is the fist bump, and the left-facing and right-facing pair.
Tips
For a fist bump in two emoji, copy Right-facing fist first and Left-facing fist second, so the two face each other.
Horns down in two emoji: Sign of the horns, then Backhand index pointing down or Thumbs down.
The two sideways thumbs are new in Emoji 18.0: a device shows an empty box until its maker draws them.
Questions and answers
Which emoji mean OK?
Six. CLDR, the Unicode project's list of search words for emoji, files OK hand, OK button, Saluting face, and Person gesturing OK with its man and woman forms under OK. Only OK hand and OK button also get the spelling okay.
Is there a horns down emoji?
No. Horns down emoji copy and paste has no single character: three emoji have horns in their name, Sign of the horns and two horned faces, and no name or CLDR search word says horns down. The second tip pairs two instead.
Do all hand emoji have skin tones?
All 44 on this page do, five tones each. Handshake was the late one: Unicode's emoji list labels it Emoji 3.0 and its skin tones Emoji 14.0. Left out on purpose: its 20 two-tone forms, and Middle finger. OK button, a symbol, has none.
🤙Call me handU+1F919. The shaka. No emoji has shaka in its name, and CLDR lists Shaka for this one alone, with hang, loose and call. Emoji 3.0.
🤛Left-facing fistU+1F91B. One half of a fist bump made of two emoji. CLDR lists fist, left-facing and leftwards, and nothing more. Emoji 3.0.
🆗OK buttonU+1F197. A guest from the Symbols group, with no skin tones. Unicode names it Squared OK, and CLDR lists OK and okay, as it does for OK hand. Emoji 0.6.
👌OK handU+1F44C. Unicode names it OK hand sign. CLDR lists OK and okay, then bet, gotcha, legit and sure. It is one of six emoji filed under OK. Emoji 0.6.
👊Oncoming fistU+1F44A. The fist bump. Unicode names it Fisted hand sign. It is the only emoji CLDR files under bump, and it also lists knuckle, pound, bro and agree. Emoji 0.6.
🙆Person gesturing OKU+1F646. A guest from the person gestures. Unicode names it Face with OK gesture, and CLDR lists OK and omg. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
✊Raised fistU+270A. The only emoji CLDR files under solidarity. It also lists clenched, punch and raised. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
🤜Right-facing fistU+1F91C. The other half. Put it first and Left-facing fist second, and the two fists face each other. Emoji 3.0.
🤘Sign of the hornsU+1F918. The only hand CLDR files under horns, with rock-on. Unicode has no horns down emoji: no name and no search word says so. Follow this with Backhand index pointing down or Thumbs down to say it. Emoji 1.0.
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Open hands: waving, raised and pushing 11
🖐️Hand with fingers splayedU+1F590 U+FE0F. Unicode names it Raised hand with fingers splayed. CLDR lists splayed and stop. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.7.
🫲Leftwards handU+1FAF2. The other half of a handshake. CLDR lists handshake, hold and reach. Emoji 14.0.
🫷Leftwards pushing handU+1FAF7. CLDR lists block, halt, pause, refuse and wait, and also high and five. Emoji 15.0.
🫳Palm down handU+1FAF3. CLDR lists dismiss, drop and shoo. Emoji 14.0.
🫴Palm up handU+1FAF4. CLDR lists beckon, offer and catch, and it is the only emoji filed under tell. Emoji 14.0.
🤚Raised back of handU+1F91A. The back of the hand, not the palm. CLDR lists back, backhand and raised. Emoji 3.0.
✋Raised handU+270B. A high five or a stop sign: CLDR lists 5, five, high and stop. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
🫱Rightwards handU+1FAF1. Half a handshake. CLDR lists handshake, reach and shake. Emoji 14.0.
🫸Rightwards pushing handU+1FAF8. CLDR gives it the same words as its twin, with rightwards in place of leftwards. Both are labelled Emoji 15.0. Emoji 15.0.
🖖Vulcan saluteU+1F596. Unicode names it Raised hand with part between middle and ring fingers. CLDR lists salute and Vulcan. Emoji 1.0.
👋Waving handU+1F44B. Hello and goodbye in one hand. CLDR lists hi, hey, bye, cya and ttyl. Emoji 0.6.
Finger signs: peace, luck and love 6
🤞Crossed fingersU+1F91E. Unicode names it Hand with index and middle fingers crossed. CLDR lists luck. Emoji 3.0.
🫰Hand with index finger and thumb crossedU+1FAF0. CLDR lists heart, love, money, expensive and snap for the one gesture. Emoji 14.0.
🤟Love-you gestureU+1F91F. Unicode names it I love you hand sign. CLDR lists ILY, love and three. It sits directly before Sign of the horns in Unicode order, and the two are different emoji. Emoji 5.0.
🤌Pinched fingersU+1F90C. CLDR lists what, huh, patience and sarcastic for the one gesture. Emoji 13.0.
🤏Pinching handU+1F90F. A small amount. CLDR lists little, bit, small and amount. Emoji 12.0.
✌️Victory handU+270C U+FE0F. The peace sign. CLDR lists peace, v and victory. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
One finger 6
👇Backhand index pointing downU+1F447. Unicode names it White down pointing backhand index. CLDR lists point and down. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
👈Backhand index pointing leftU+1F448. Unicode names it White left pointing backhand index. CLDR lists point and left. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
👉Backhand index pointing rightU+1F449. Unicode names it White right pointing backhand index. CLDR lists point and right. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
👆Backhand index pointing upU+1F446. Unicode names it White up pointing backhand index. CLDR lists point and up. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
🫵Index pointing at the viewerU+1FAF5. CLDR lists you, poke and viewer. Emoji 14.0.
☝️Index pointing upU+261D U+FE0F. Unicode names it White up pointing index, with no backhand in the name. CLDR lists this and point. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
Thumbs and fists 4
Leftwards thumb signU+1FAF9. New in Emoji 18.0: a device shows an empty box until its maker adds the drawing. CLDR lists neutral, grip, this and that. Emoji 18.0.
Rightwards thumb signU+1FAFA. The other thumb new in Emoji 18.0, with the same empty box until the drawing arrives. CLDR lists neutral, grip, point and right. Emoji 18.0.
👎Thumbs downU+1F44E. CLDR lists -1, dislike, nope and bad. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
👍Thumbs upU+1F44D. CLDR lists +1, like, good and yes. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.6.
Two hands 7
👏Clapping handsU+1F44F. Unicode names it Clapping hands sign. CLDR lists applause, congrats and yay. Emoji 0.6.
🙏Folded handsU+1F64F. Unicode names it Person with folded hands. CLDR lists please, thanks and pray, and also high and five. Emoji 0.6.
🤝HandshakeU+1F91D. CLDR lists deal, agreement and meeting. The emoji is labelled Emoji 3.0 and its skin tones Emoji 14.0. Emoji 3.0.
🫶Heart handsU+1FAF6. CLDR lists heart, love and you. Emoji 14.0.
👐Open handsU+1F450. Unicode names it Open hands sign. CLDR lists hug, jazz and swerve. Emoji 0.6.
🤲Palms up togetherU+1F932. CLDR lists dua, prayer, cupped and wish. Emoji 5.0.
🙌Raising handsU+1F64C. Unicode names it Person raising both hands in celebration. CLDR lists hooray, praise and celebration. Emoji 0.6.
Hands holding something 3
💅Nail polishU+1F485. CLDR lists manicure and cosmetics, and also bored, done and whatever. Emoji 0.6.
🤳SelfieU+1F933. The last hand in Unicode order, filed with the hands that hold something. CLDR lists camera and phone. Emoji 3.0.
✍️Writing handU+270D U+FE0F. CLDR lists write and writing, and nothing more besides hand. It has a plain text form, which the style switch copies. Emoji 0.7.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The list is every fully-qualified entry of the six hand subgroups of the group People & Body in emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt): 45 hands (11 with open fingers, 9 with some fingers, 7 with one finger, 8 closed, 7 with two hands, 3 holding something), each with five skin tones. One of the 45, Middle finger, is left out on purpose, as it is on the pointing page, because children use these pages; 44 hands are on the page. They are in the file's own order. Two guests are added, OK button from the Symbols group and Person gesturing OK from the person gestures, because CLDR files both under OK. Nine of the 46 are lifted to the top because people ask for them by a word that is not their name (OK, shaka, fist, fist bump, horns); the seven that are hands are also filed under their home heading. Names are the CLDR short names printed in emoji-test.txt, in sentence case; code points, skin tones and Emoji version numbers are from the same file, which labels Handshake Emoji 3.0 and its skin tones Emoji 14.0. The Unicode character names quoted in the notes are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt). Every search word quoted in a note is from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml, main branch), and the script refuses to build if CLDR does not list the word for that emoji. It also checks that Shaka is listed for Call me hand alone, that fist is listed for four emoji, that OK is listed for six, and that no emoji name or search word says horns down. The 12 text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). The 20 handshakes that mix two skin tones are left out, as are the toned forms, which the skin tone control supplies. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are ours; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; every source is credited in source)