Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers 🖖
🖖 (U+1F596) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: RAISED HAND WITH PART BETWEEN MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS depicts a hand gesture used in conversations. It can signal emphasis, call for attention, or highlight a point in messages. It may also stand for a specific action or stance when discussing ideas, events, or objects. In UI text, use it to add a quick, clear nonverbal cue without words. In chat, it helps convey confidence, agreement, or a prompt for a response depending on context. Ensure the surrounding text clearly conveys the intended meaning to avoid ambiguity. When used in interfaces, pair it with descriptive text for accessibility. Cross‑platform appearance varies by app and font, and some platforms may show a monochrome fallback if color emoji is unavailable. For accessibility, describe the gesture in screen reader content.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F596 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F596 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 96 96 - UTF-16:
D83D DD96 - UTF-32:
0001F596 - HTML dec:
🖖 - HTML hex:
🖖 - JS escape:
\u{1F596} - Python \N{}:
\N{RAISED HAND WITH PART BETWEEN MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS} - Python \U:
\U0001F596 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%96%96 - CSS escape:
\1F596
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F596 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🖖 (hex) or 🖖 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.