People & Body · Hands
👏 Clapping Hands
Also searched as: clap, applause.
- Emoji
- 👏
- Unicode
- U+1F44F
- Shortcode
- :clap:
- HTML code
- 👏
- Approved in
- Unicode 6.0 (2010)
- Category
- People & Body
What does the 👏 emoji mean?
Clapping hands. Congratulations or, ironically, 'bravo'.
Keywords: applause, approval, awesome, clap, congrats, congratulations, excited, good, great, hand, homie, job, nice, prayed, well, yay.
Featured in: Celebration emojis, Hand emojis and gestures.
How 👏 looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
Skin tones
How to type 👏 on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “clapping hands” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “clapping hands”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “clapping hands”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “clapping hands”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :clap: |
👏 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | clapping hands |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F44F |
| HTML decimal | 👏 |
| HTML hex | 👏 |
| CSS | \1F44F |
| JavaScript | \u{1F44F} |
| Shortcode | :clap: |
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See People & BodyFrequently asked questions
What does the 👏 emoji mean?
Clapping hands. Congratulations or, ironically, 'bravo'.
How do I copy and paste the clapping hands emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “clapping hands”.
When was the 👏 emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 6.0, in 2010. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.
Does the 👏 emoji have skin tones?
Yes, it has 5 skin tone variants. You can copy all of them in the “Skin tones” section of this page.