👐 Welcome Emoji

👐 Welcome Emoji shows two hands spread wide open, and the wrists are together, the palms of both hands are facing outward.

What is the meaning of the Welcome emoji

👐 Welcome Emoji usually means openness, hugs, tolerant comfort and high fives. This emoji is sometimes used as a hug or as a display of jazz hands.

How to use the Welcome emoji

You can use this emoji when you want to express your hands up in celebration, it’s like saying “Let me give you a big hug!”.

When did the Welcome emoji come into existence

The Welcome emoji was accepted by Unicode 6.0 in the year 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in the year 2015.

People also call this emoji as

👐 Welcome
👐 Open Hands
👐 Hug
👐 Jazz Hands
👐 High Five
👐 Wu Tang

Other emojis like this one

Of course there are several other emojis that are similar or related to this one. Such as: ✋👋🤲

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