U+1F44F
๐ Clapping hands
- Category
- People & Body
- Subcategory
- Two-Hand Gestures
- Also known as
- clapping hands sign
- Shortcode
- Unicode version
- 6.0 (2010)
- Emoji version
- 0.6 (2010)
- Status
- fully-qualified
What the ๐ 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
Will your readers see ๐
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 ๐ emoji is used
The ๐ 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 is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.
How the smiley looks on different platforms
- ๐ 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 |
|---|---|
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะฐะฟะปะพะดะธัะผะตะฝัั |
| Deutsch | klatschende Hรคnde |
| Espaรฑol | manos aplaudiendo |
| Franรงais | applaudissements |
| Polski | klaskanie |
| Dansk | klappende hรฆnder |
| ะฃะบัะฐัะฝััะบะฐ | ััะบะธ, ัะพ ะฐะฟะปะพะดัััั |
| Portuguรชs | mรฃos aplaudindo |
Unicode CLDR 48