Pinching Hand 🤏
🤏 (U+1F90F) 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: Pinching Hand is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental 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: PINCHING HAND depicts a hand in a pinching gesture. It can mean tiny amounts of something, close control, or precision in messaging and UI. In chats or notes, use it to show a small quantity or a careful adjustment. In app interfaces, pair it with text to indicate zoom control, tight selection, or fine tuning of settings. In design or instruction text, it helps convey careful handling or exact fit. Across platforms, appearance varies in color and shape, so meanings can shift with font and rendering. For accessibility, provide surrounding text that clarifies the intended sense. On different systems, a monochrome fallback may appear if color emoji is not supported. Ensure screen readers describe the gesture to aid understanding.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F90F 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.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F90F - General Category:
So - Age:
12.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A4 8F - UTF-16:
D83E DD0F - UTF-32:
0001F90F - HTML dec:
🤏 - HTML hex:
🤏 - JS escape:
\u{1F90F} - Python \N{}:
\N{PINCHING HAND} - Python \U:
\U0001F90F - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A4%8F - CSS escape:
\1F90F
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+1F90F 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.