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A hand holding a pen or pencil and writing. Most often shown as holding either a blue or black pen, though Microsoft's design has a red pen. LG's design displays a left hand, while all other platforms show a right hand. Used broadly to represent writing. As the name suggests, this emoji depicts writing something with the help of a pen or pencil. This emoji expresses taking notes, writing a book, or writing down one's emotions on paper. The person using this emoji can be a normal writer, a professional writer, or even a person who is tasked to write something as a part of self-improvement or their job.

HISTORY:

Even before the invention of Writing Hands emoji, the concept of expressing writing something through signs and symbols existed. However, some of the expressions done in the ancient times were clear while others were quite misleading. That is why the invention of this emoji on the digital communication platforms is a sign of much more clarified and widened area of written communication among individuals or groups.

USES:

Whether the sender of this emoji is taking notes, journaling, or creating something authoritative, the emotions are respectively conveyed to the receiver through this emoji. Attaching this emoji along with the conversation with the receiver can make the main purpose of using it much clearer to the receiver. Authors can use this emoji while blogging, journaling, authoritative communication, and so on., & make clear understanding between themselves and the receiver.

Name Writing Hand
Codepoint U+270D U+FE0F
Unicode Writing Hand
Apple Name Writing Hand
Android Name
Shortcode :writing_hand: (GitHub, Slack, Discord)

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