pinching hand: medium skin tone
About this emoji
The pinching hand: medium skin tone emoji is part of the People & Body category (hand-fingers-partial) since Unicode 12.0. It is associated with: pinching, hand, medium, skin.
The pinching hand: medium skin tone emoji belongs to the People & Body category, specifically the hand-fingers-partial subgroup. It was introduced in Unicode 12.0 and is supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
People commonly use the 🤏🏽 pinching hand: medium skin tone emoji for representing people, gestures, and human actions in everyday communication. It is often associated with pinching, hand, medium, skin.
Quick facts
| Emoji | 🤏🏽 |
| Name | pinching hand: medium skin tone |
| Category | People & Body |
| Subgroup | hand-fingers-partial |
| Unicode version | 12.0 |
| Codepoint(s) | U+1F90F, U+1F3FD |
| Shortcode alias | :pinching_hand_medium_skin_tone: |
How to use
Copy and paste: Click the “Copy to clipboard” button above and paste the emoji anywhere — messages, social media posts, emails, or documents.
Shortcode: On platforms that support emoji shortcodes (Slack, GitHub, Discord), type :pinching_hand_medium_skin_tone: and the emoji will auto-complete.
Mobile keyboard: Open your device's emoji keyboard (🌐 or 😊 key) and search for “pinching hand: medium skin tone” to find it quickly.
Windows: Press Win + . to open the emoji picker, then search by name.
macOS: Press ⌃ Control + ⌘ Cmd + Space to open the Character Viewer.