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[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

I've always been torn on whether it's supposed to be a high five or praying hands. Is thank you really a common meaning?

Emojis are pretty hard for my autistic ass.

[-] RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's even more confusing: Emojis were invented in Japan, which adds another layer of cultural differences. Holding your hands flat against each other is a common sign for prayer in Christianity, but in Japan it is a commen gesture for giving thanks. Hence the "official" meaning: Thank you

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

The official name of the emoji is simply "folded hand". It was part of Unicode 6.0, released in 2010, codepoint U+1F64F. It's on page 11 on the original proposal: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09026r-emoji-proposed.pdf

I guess they deliberately named it to the neutral "folded hand" so asian people can use as thank you, while westerners as pray

[-] ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Commonly high fives arr given by the palms of the same hand therefore the thumb would've been visible at least on one of the hands if ot was a high five emoji

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

So this is how I find out I've also been doing high fives wrong half the time ;_;

[-] ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

πŸ₯ΊπŸ™ you can submit a high five emoji idea here, but I haven't checked if there is actually a high five emoji or whether or not it has already been submitted https://www.unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Language is versatile, as long as people understand which you mean, feel free to use it in whatever way works for you πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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