U+1F44F U+1F3FF
๐๐ฟ Clapping hands: dark skin tone
- Category
- People & Body
- Subcategory
- Two-Hand Gestures
- Shortcode
- Unicode version
- 8.0 (2015)
- Emoji version
- 1.0 (2015)
- Status
- fully-qualified
What the ๐๐ฟ emoji means
Hands mid-clap. Sincere applause in most contexts โ but placed between every word of a sentence it turns into emphatic, often sarcastic, hammering.
One or three read as praise. A long row, or the word-by-word pattern, reads as lecturing, so it lands badly in an argument.
Chat examples
What ๐๐ฟ is made of
This symbol is written with several code points rather than one. Here is what stands behind it, in order.
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๐
clapping hands
U+1F44F -
๐ฟ
skin tone
U+1F3FF
Will your readers see ๐๐ฟ
The symbol predates 2018, so every system in use today draws it. Safe for an email, a heading or a signature.
- Apple always there
- Google always there
- Microsoft always there
- Samsung always there
Checked against release descriptions on August 31, 2026. When new emoji reach devices.
Where the ๐๐ฟ emoji is used
The ๐๐ฟ smiley copies in one tap and pastes into a chat as text, not as a picture: it is a Unicode symbol, so it works the same in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and in a post caption. Every platform draws emoji its own way โ below you can see how clapping hands: dark skin tone is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.
How the smiley looks on different platforms
- ๐๐ฟ Your deviceNative system font
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Noto Color Emoji
Apache License 2.0
๐พ SVG
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OpenMoji
CC BY-SA 4.0
๐พ SVG
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Twemoji
CC BY 4.0
๐พ SVG
Only openly licensed emoji sets are shown. Artwork from Apple, Samsung and other closed platforms is not reproduced. Emoji fonts and image sets.
Emoji codes for developers
Name in other languages
| English | clapping hands: dark skin tone |
|---|---|
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะฐะฟะปะพะดะธัะผะตะฝัั: ะพัะตะฝั ัะตะผะฝัะน ัะพะฝ ะบะพะถะธ |
| Deutsch | klatschende Hรคnde: dunkle Hautfarbe |
| Espaรฑol | manos aplaudiendo: tono de piel oscuro |
| Franรงais | applaudissementsโฏ: peau foncรฉe |
| Polski | klaskanie: karnacja ciemna |
| Dansk | klappende hรฆnder: mรธrk teint |
| ะฃะบัะฐัะฝััะบะฐ | ััะบะธ, ัะพ ะฐะฟะปะพะดัััั: ัะตะผะฝะธะน ัะพะฝ ัะบััะธ |
| Portuguรชs | mรฃos aplaudindo: pele escura |
Unicode CLDR 48