👏

Text style	Emoji style
👏︎	👏️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
👏 U+1F44F, 👏 CLAPPING HANDS SIGN ← 👎 [U+1F44E] Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs 👐 → [U+1F450]

Translingual

Description

A pair of hands clapping.

Symbol

👏

1. Indicates approval.

   Antonym: 👎

   • 2024 October 24, Mehera Bonner, Jamie Ballard, “Hi, You Should See These Rare Photos of Prince William Through the Years”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[2] (in English):

     Teaming up at an event to launch a campaign for mental wellbeing? Love to see it. 👏

2. (Internet slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Used between words to add emphasis to a statement or opinion.
   • 2024 September 16, Samantha Olson, “The ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Cast Just Cleared Up Rumors About Walking Out During ‘The Traitors’ Emmy Win”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[3]:

     But! The [RuPaul's] Drag Race cast had none 👏 of 👏 that 👏 as they took to social media and explained what really went down. “It was a commercial break and the girls wanted a drink,” Plane Jane wrote in response.

   • 2024 October 30, Gretty Garcia, “Zazie Beetz and David Rysdahl’s Relationship Timeline All in One Place”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[4] (in English):

     Zazie and David are clearly booked 👏🏻 and 👏🏻 busy 👏🏻. Case in point? Their appearance at the Gotham Awards in New York City.

Usage notes

Using this emoji with skin type modifiers 🏻, 🏼, 🏽, 🏾, 🏿 will result in the following:

Fitzpatrick skin types

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👏	👏🏻	👏🏼	👏🏽	👏🏾	👏🏿

See also

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