🤗 Smiling Face with Open Hands Emoji Meaning

Emoji Name Meaning Category Codepoint Shortcodes
🤗 Smiling Face with Open Hands Represents a hug or welcoming gesture Smileys & Emotion U+1F917 :smiling_face_with_open_hands:
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Meaning

The 🤗 emoji shows a smiling face with open hands, symbolizing offering or receiving a hug. It conveys warmth, friendliness, and emotional support.

Common Uses

  • Expressing affection or a virtual hug in messages
  • Showing happiness and friendliness
  • Offering comfort or reassurance
  • Indicating openness to connection or welcoming someone
  • Reacting to good news with warmth

Examples

Sending you a big hug 🤗
So happy to hear that! 🤗
Welcome to the group! 🤗

Related Emojis

  • 🤝 Handshake – Represents agreement or greeting, unlike a hug gesture.
  • 😊 Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes – Conveys happiness but without the physical openness.
  • ❤️ Red Heart – Focuses on love or affection, not physical embrace.

Technical Notes

Codepoint: U+1F917. Added around Unicode 9.0 (2016). Appears as a yellow face with wide-open hands across platforms. Supports all skin tone modifiers for the hands.

FAQ

What does the 🤗 emoji mean?
A face offering or receiving a hug, expressing warmth or friendliness.

How is the 🤗 emoji used?
Used to show affection, welcome, or emotional support in chat and social media.

Does the meaning of the 🤗 emoji change by context?
It may emphasize a friendly greeting or comfort depending on conversation tone but always suggests openness or kindness.

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