Person Raising Hand

Early platforms drew one default that read as female. The name is gender-neutral, but before separate man and woman versions arrived in 2016, each vendor drew a single figure, and several made it look like a woman. The gesture never changed: it is the classroom hand-raise, the lifted arm that asks a teacher to call on you. Only the cast got wider.

What does it mean when someone sends you 🙋?

Usually they're volunteering, not saying hi. Alone or as a reply to a group ask, the raised hand follows meeting-room rules: hand up, I'll do it, I know this one. It reads eager and a little earnest, so as a greeting it can backfire — your hey looks like you just joined the cleanup crew. Send 👋 to wave.