The writing hand: medium skin tone emoji is the universal sign for putting pen to paper, from serious signatures to chaotic note-taking. People drop it when they mean noted, say less, or on it, as well as for the classic jot this down meme moment. It also doubles as a vibe check for journaling, homework grinds, lyric drafts, fanfic chapters, and any time youβre capturing receipts. Add it to a text when youβre signing up for plans, making a to-do list, or sarcastically documenting someoneβs nonsense for future reference.
On Apple devices, it shows a right hand with a warm medium-brown tone gripping a sleek dark pen, angled forward with a tiny ink squiggle like a mini signature. The shading is glossy and realistic, with a subtle wrist bend and the penβs metallic accents catching the light, which makes the motion feel mid-scribble. That little swoosh of ink is the instantly recognizable clue that something official (or petty) just got recorded.
Culturally, it rides alongside bullet-journal and studygram posts, NaNoWriMo word-count flexes, and planner TikTok checklists. It can be flirty Iβm writing your name in my notes, dramatic dear diary confession time, or joking Iβm signing my resignation after that meeting. Using the medium skin tone also lets you match your identity or simply switch up the aesthetic for a more personal touch.
The Writing Hand emoji combined with the Olive Toned flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the olive toned skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2504 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Olive Toned Writing Hand |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | βπ½ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | βπ½ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ✍ 🏽 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ✍ 🏽 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 270d, 1f3fd |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+270D, U+1F3FD |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9997, 127997 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9C 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9C 8D, F0 9F 8F BD |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 234 215, 360 237 217 275 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x270D, 0xD83C 0xDFFD |
| UTF-16 Hex | 270d, d83cdffd |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9997, 55356 57341 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000270D 0x0001F3FD |
| UTF-32 Hex | 270D, 01F3FD |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9997, 127997 |
| Python Src | u"\u270D\U0001F3FD" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9c\x8d\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u270D\uD83C\uDFFD" |
