๐ค hugging face Emoji - Copy & Paste Free
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What Does the ๐ค hugging face Emoji Mean?
A smiling face with both hands raised and open beside it, palms forward, offering an embrace. Warmth is unambiguous, though the hands cause genuine confusion: plenty of people read them as jazz hands or as pushing something away rather than as arms opening. The intended reading is a hug, and most vendors have redrawn it over the years to make that clearer.
At a Glance
| Name | ๐ค hugging face |
|---|---|
| Unicode Codepoint | U+1F917 |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Introduced | Unicode 8.0 ยท iOS 9.1+ |
| Also Known As | hugs |
Last updated: September 2026
hugging face on Different Platforms
This emoji may look different across platforms. Here is how hugging face emoji appears on popular platforms:
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Shortcodes for hugging face ๐ค
Use these shortcodes to type the hugging face emoji in Slack, Discord, and GitHub:
About hugging face Emoji
Usage: Comfort and affection carry it, especially in messages responding to someone having a hard time. Enthusiasm and welcome come through too, the open hands reading as presenting something rather than embracing it. Among people who know each other well it works as a softer alternative to saying anything, which is often what the moment needs.
Encoded in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. The hands have been the subject of continual redesign since, as vendors tried to make the embrace read unambiguously, and the original Apple version in particular was widely mistaken for jazz hands.
What Does the ๐ค hugging face Emoji Mean?
The ๐ค emoji is part of the Smileys & Emotion category. It is commonly used in digital communication to visually represent hugging face.
First introduced in Unicode 8.0, this emoji has become a staple in everyday messaging across platforms including iOS, Android, WhatsApp, and social media.
You may also find this emoji by searching for its alternative names: hugs.
Word Associations
People often pair the ๐ค hugging face emoji with these words and ideas:
hugging face Emoji in Other Languages
How to say the ๐ค hugging face emoji name around the world:
| English | ๐คhugging face |
|---|---|
| Espaรฑol | ๐คcara abrazando |
| Franรงais | ๐คvisage faisant un cรขlin |
| Deutsch | ๐คumarmendes Gesicht |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๐คใใฐใใ้ก |
| ไธญๆ | ๐คๆฅๆฑ็่ธ |
| เคนเคฟเคจเฅเคฆเฅ | ๐คเคเคฒเฅ เคฒเคเคพเคคเคพ เคเฅเคนเคฐเคพ |
| ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ | ๐คูุฌู ูุนุงูู |
Emoji names are based on the Unicode CLDR short names for each language.
Platform Support
This emoji is supported on iOS 9.1+, Android, Windows, macOS, and all major social media platforms including WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, Facebook, and TikTok.
How to Copy ๐ค
Simply click the "Copy" button above to copy ๐ค hugging face emoji to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in text messages, social media posts, emails, or documents. Works on all devices and platforms!
Technical Details
Use these code snippets to add the ๐ค hugging face emoji in your projects:
U+1F917🤗🤗content: '\1F917';"\u{1F917}""\U0001F917""\uD83E\uDD17""\uD83E\uDD17""\u{1F917}""\u{1F917}"Use these codes to insert the hugging face emoji in HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Perfect for web developers and designers.
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๐ค hugging face Emoji in Real Chats
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are those jazz hands or a hug?
A hug. The open palms are meant to be arms opening for an embrace, though the design has been misread as jazz hands often enough that several vendors have redrawn it.
What is the difference between ๐ค and ๐ซ?
Perspective. The hugging face offers an embrace from the sender, while the people hugging emoji shows two figures already holding each other and reads as comfort between others.
Is ๐ค appropriate in professional messages?
Usually yes, in warm but not formal contexts. It reads as supportive rather than intimate, which makes it safer than most affectionate faces in work chat.
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