๐คCall Me Hand Emoji
Basically, it means "call me" or "letโs hang out. " Itโs a casual way to invite someone to connect, often suggesting a relaxed vibe.
The ๐ค emoji is often called the โCall Meโ hand.
- Unicode
- U+1F919
- Released
- 2016
- Shortcode
- :call_me_hand:
- Skin tones
- Yes
What does the ๐ค Call Me Hand emoji mean?
One character, many names โ these are the wordings people actually type, all 6 of them.
People also look for it as hang loose emoji, shaka emoji, call hand emoji.
Call Me Hand emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1F919. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Facebook, Messenger
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it โ iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Call Me Hand emoji skin tones
๐ค supports all five Fitzpatrick skin tone modifiers. Each one is a separate character sequence โ tap any to copy it.
Call Me Hand emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation โ including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :call_me_hand:.
In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F919.
How to type the ๐ค Call Me Hand emoji
No picker to hand? The call me hand can be typed straight from the keyboard โ the codes for that are below, one per system.
Call Me Hand emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the call me hand as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Call Me Hand emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around call me hand for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with ๐ค, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
What ๐ค means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the call me hand and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
What ๐ค means in other countries
The Hawaiian shaka for โhang looseโ or โall good,โ read on the US mainland mostly as โcall me.โ
The shaka sign โ aloha, relaxed vibes, and mutual respect between locals.
A casual โcall meโ or โweโre cool,โ often used as a friendly sign-off.
Before you send it: Reads as friendly almost everywhere itโs sent; no real need to hold back on this one.
What ๐ค means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
๐ค vs ๐ โ what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Call Me Hand
Code: U+1F919 ยท added 2016
Shortcode: :call_me_hand:
Basically, it means "call me" or "letโs hang out.
Unicode name: Waving Hand
Code: U+1F44B ยท added 2010
Shortcode: :wave:
Generally, ๐ means โhelloโ or โgoodbye.
Where the ๐ค Call Me Hand emoji came from
It arrived with the 3.0 release of the standard, which dates the call me hand to 2016.
Same character every time โ U+1F919 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Call Me Hand was approved as U+1F919 and shipped in Emoji 3.0 (2016). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ๐ค is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes โ only the picture does.