✍️ Writing Hand
Copy and paste this emoji: ✍️
Emoji Meaning
1
Depicts a hand—usually the left—holding a pen poised to write. The pen’s color and the hand’s exact position may vary by platform. Used in its literal sense to indicate writing, signing, or taking notes.
2
This emoji shows a man's hand holding a ballpoint pen, with the smiling face hinting at the act of writing. The pen or pencil color may vary across different messengers.
It’s usually used literally to indicate someone is writing or composing. You’ll often see it in statuses from people who are at work or lessons. As with any emoji, the exact meaning depends on the context.
Apple Name
- ✍️ Writing Hand
Unicode Name
- ✍️ Writing Hand
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
✍️ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+270D U+FE0F
Shortcodes
- Github, Slack, Emojipedia, Discord
For developers
| URL escape code | %E2%9C%8D%EF%B8%8F |
| Punycode | xn--8bi |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | E2 9C 8D EF B8 8F |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \u270D\uFE0F |
| C, C++, Python | \u270D\uFE0F |
| CSS | \270D \FE0F |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{270D}\u{FE0F} |
| Perl | \x{270D}\x{FE0F} |
| HTML hex | ✍️ |
| HTML dec | ✍️ |