Copy the most used salute and greeting emojis in one click — 🫡 👋 🤝 🙏 🫶 🙌 🫂 — with their meaning, Unicode and HTML codes, and keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.
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Salute and greeting emojis cover all the ways to say hello, goodbye, thank you or show respect — from waving a hand to a military salute. Click any emoji to copy it instantly.
Each salute emoji expresses a distinct nuance of greeting — respect, affection, gratitude or a simple hello. The definitions below reflect common usage on WhatsApp, Instagram and in everyday messages.
Salute emoji sequences ready to copy and paste to welcome, thank or say farewell in your messages.
Technical codes for each salute emoji: Unicode code point and HTML entity for use in web development.
| Emoji | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waving hand |
U+1F44B
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👋
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| Saluting face |
U+1FAE1
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🫡
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| Handshake |
U+1F91D
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🤝
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| Folded hands |
U+1F64F
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🙏
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| Heart hands |
U+1FAF6
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🫶
|
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| Open hands |
U+1F450
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👐
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| Palms up together |
U+1F932
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🤲
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| Raising hands |
U+1F64C
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🙌
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| People hugging |
U+1FAC2
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🫂
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| Kiss mark |
U+1F48B
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💋
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| Clapping hands |
U+1F44F
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👏
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| Open hands face |
U+1F917
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🤗
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| Right-facing fist |
U+1F91C
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🤜
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| Left-facing fist |
U+1F91B
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🤛
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| Raised fist |
U+270A
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✊
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Press Cmd + Ctrl + Space to open the macOS emoji picker. Search for the emoji you want and double-click to insert it.
Open the emoji keyboard (smiley or globe icon on iPhone, emoji icon on Android). Browse the Symbols section or use the search bar.
Press Win + . (Windows key + full stop) to open the built-in emoji panel. Search for any emoji directly from any application.
The 👋 emoji (U+1F44B, "Waving Hand") shows a hand waving in greeting. It is one of the most used greeting emojis in the world — simple, universal and immediately understood across all cultures. It can mean "hello", "goodbye", "hey" or simply attract someone's attention in a message.
On WhatsApp, 👋 is often used to start a conversation in a group or with a new contact. It can also carry a slightly sarcastic connotation in some contexts — for example "👋 I exist" to signal feeling ignored.
👋 (waving hand) is the simplest and most informal greeting — a casual hello or goodbye. 🙏 (folded hands) is deeper — it expresses sincere gratitude, prayer or respect depending on cultural context. 🤝 (handshake) is more formal and symbolic — it represents an agreement, a partnership or sealing a deal.
In practice, 👋 is for everyday conversations, 🙏 for warmly thanking or praying, and 🤝 for professional contexts or to seal an agreement between friends. All three can be combined depending on the message to convey.
Yes. 👋, 🫡, 🤝, 🙏, 🫶 and all salute emojis on this page are standard Unicode characters that work on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, TikTok, Twitter/X, Snapchat, Discord, Telegram, Gmail and Outlook.
Appearance may vary slightly by platform — Apple, Google and Samsung each have their own illustrations — but the copied character is identical everywhere. Click any emoji to copy it and paste it directly into your message.