What is the emoji for welcome?
There is no emoji named "welcome", so people build the word from gestures. Waving Hand is the closest thing to an official one: it has said hello since the first emoji set of 2010 (Unicode 6.0), it is the :wave: reaction in Slack and Discord, and a welcome message that starts with reads as a greeting before anyone gets to the words. Smiling Face with Open Hands (2015) is the hug of welcome; Open Hands is the same gesture without a face, the open arms that "welcome with open arms" is about. Raising Hands cheers that someone has arrived, and People Hugging (2020) is the warm, quieter embrace.
The rest of the greeting hands set the tone. Handshake is the business welcome (welcome aboard, welcome to the team); and (2021) are its two halves, a hand reaching out to be shaken. Folded Hands is the namaste of South Asian greetings and the most common welcome emoji in Indian WhatsApp groups, where "Welcome " is a fixed phrase. Person Bowing is the Japanese shop greeting, irasshaimase, and Saluting Face welcomes a captain or a new recruit. are raised hands for a hi or a high five, is the Vulcan "live long and prosper", is the Hawaiian shaka that goes with aloha, and are the casual "hey, good to have you".
Welcome emoji combos for Discord, WhatsApp and Slack
The most-searched use of welcome emoji is the Discord welcome message. A server's welcome channel usually opens with a wave and a party: " Welcome to the server! " or " Welcome, @name! ". Add the emoji that says what the server is about ( for games, for art) and point at the rules with or . Keep it to three or four emoji; a welcome line that is all emoji looks like spam to a new member and gets skipped. Many servers also use New Button for the newcomer role and Japanese Symbol for Beginner, the green-and-yellow mark new drivers in Japan wear for their first year, for the "new here" tag.
In a WhatsApp group the welcome is shorter and warmer: "Welcome ", "Welcome to the family " or the flower version "Welcome " that is standard in Indian and Pakistani groups. In Slack and Microsoft Teams the team welcome is a wave plus a handshake, " Welcome to the team!", and the reactions that follow are . In all three apps you can also type the shortcodes :wave:, :tada: and :hugging_face: instead of hunting the keyboard.
Welcome home, welcome back and welcome to the team
Welcome home emoji are a door and a house: Door, House, House with Garden, and Key or Old Key for someone moving into a new place ("Welcome to your new home "). Potted Plant and Couch and Lamp say make yourself at home; offer the cup of tea that greets a guest, the welcome drink. For someone coming back from a trip, Airplane Arrival and Luggage give the picture: "Welcome back! ". Hosts, hotels and guest-house owners use Hotel, Bellhop Bell (2014) and for the check-in message.
Welcome to the team is the work version. and lead, then the office: Office Building, Briefcase, Name Badge or Identification Card for the new hire's first day. School covers "welcome back to school" and new students. Welcome back, after a holiday, a sick leave or a long absence, wants the warmth of rather than confetti: "Welcome back, we missed you ". If you are the one announcing a new member to everyone, Megaphone, Loudspeaker and Bell make the welcome an announcement.
Is there a you're welcome emoji?
No, and that is one of the most typed questions about this set. "You're welcome" is a reply to thanks, so the emoji that work are the easy, warm ones: Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes is the standard ("you're welcome "), is the lighter version, the softer one, and says "any time" with a hug. or after "np" or "anytime" is the casual reply in chats, and Heart Hands is the affectionate one between friends. works too but can read as thanks back, so use it when you mean "thank you, too".
Welcome symbols and text
For a welcome sign, a bio, a Discord channel name or a card, text symbols sit in the font and keep their colour: welcome with the pointing hands, welcome or welcome , welcome with flowers, welcome , and as a tiny house for " welcome home". and are the oldest smileys on a computer: they were characters 1 and 2 of the IBM PC's original character set in 1981, and was character 127 of the same set. The four-pointed stars and are what the popular aesthetic frames are built from: ･ﾟ: * welcome * :･ﾟ.
To type any of these without copying, search your emoji keyboard for "wave", "hug" or "party": on Windows press Windows key . (period), on a Mac Control Command Space, on a phone tap the smiley on the keyboard and use its search box. The text symbols have no keyboard shortcut, so copy them from the grid above.
Symbols
111Click a symbol to copy it and open its page.
Hello and open arms
the gestures that say welcome
How to use them
6 situationsClick to copyWelcome Emoji combos
15Worth knowing
- Waving Hand means hello and goodbye at the same time; the words around it decide which. In a welcome message it is read as hello, at the end of a message as bye.
- Discord greets new members with random system lines such as "Welcome, @name. We hope you brought pizza." and "@name just joined. Everyone, look busy!", which is why so many servers write their own welcome message with a instead.
- is the shoshinsha mark, a green-and-yellow leaf that new drivers in Japan must display on their car for a year. Online it became the sign for a beginner, which makes it a natural tag for new members.
- and predate emoji by three decades: they were characters 1 and 2 in the IBM PC's character set of 1981, next to . , the little house, was character 127 of the same table.
- Red Paper Lantern is the akachōchin, the red lantern hung outside a Japanese izakaya. When it is lit, the place is open and guests are welcome; that is the whole sign.
Questions people ask
7What is the emoji for welcome?
There is no single welcome emoji. Waving Hand is the one most people use, with Smiling Face with Open Hands and Open Hands for open arms, and or to celebrate a new arrival.
How do I copy and paste welcome emoji?
Tap or click any emoji in the grid on this page to copy it, then paste it into Discord, WhatsApp, Slack or any app. The combos copy as one string.
Is there a you're welcome emoji?
No. People reply to thanks with , , or ("you're welcome ", "np "), or between friends.
What are good welcome emoji combos for Discord?
Welcome to the server! is the standard. Add one emoji for the server's topic and or pointing at the rules channel; and mark new members.
What is the welcome emoji in WhatsApp?
WhatsApp has no special one; group admins usually write Welcome or, in Indian and Pakistani groups, Welcome with flowers and folded hands.
What emoji means welcome home?
House, Door and together: Welcome home . For a new house use , for someone back from a trip .
Which emoji says welcome to the team?
and Handshake, often with or : Welcome to the team! Name Badge fits a first day.
