👏 Clapping hands | Clapping hands emoji | Emoji Copy and Paste

The clapping hands emoji, whose Unicode name is “clapping hands”, is part of the People & Body group. It is closely tied to applause, cheering and congratulations, which is what people usually have in mind when they search for it. Scored 90 out of 100, it falls in the Positive range.

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1. Clapping hands emoji attributes

Symbol: 👏
Name: Clapping hands
English name: clapping hands
Unicode code point: U+1F44F
HTML entity: 👏
Decimal: 👏
Category: People & Body›Gestures
Keywords: applause, cheering, congratulations, clapping, hands
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2. Clapping hands emoji meaning

Within People & Body, the clapping hands emoji belongs to the Gestures subgroup, which gathers 45 related symbols. The symbol stands for applause, cheering and congratulations, so readers usually understand it without extra explanation. Used sparingly it draws attention to the sentence it sits next to.

In everyday chat, the clapping hands (👏) usually appears alongside words about applause, cheering and congratulations. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Clapping hands emoji sentiment

Positive

90 / 100

Scored 90 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Positive range. It signals approval, so it works when you want to agree quickly.

A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.

4. Clapping hands emoji examples

1Thanks, that helped a lot 👏
2Waving hello from the office 👏
3Team photo is ready 👏

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