WhatsApp’s Latest Update: What’s the Meaning of the Hand with Fingers Apart Emoji?
WhatsApp enjoys adding new emojis to its platform every year. In its latest update, the app features the trembling face, angel wings, different-colored hearts, the ginger and even the peas. However, some emojis may confuse users with their ambiguous shapes, such as the hand with fingers apart. What does this emoji mean on WhatsApp?
To understand the meaning of all the emojis, refer to Emojipedia. This website details every emoji that is added to Unicode. While many associate the hand with fingers apart emoji with something sexual, it’s actually something else entirely. In English, this emoji is known as the Hand with Fingers Splayed. It’s used to indicate the phrase “Enough” or “Stop doing things.” The hand with open or spread fingers was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 under the name “Raised hand with open fingers” and was added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
By using this emoji, you can signify that someone should stop and back off. Additionally, it can represent the number five. To better understand the hand with fingers apart emoji, check out Emojipedia’s visual representation.
WhatsApp is an app that is constantly updating and changing its features, allowing for more fun ways to send and receive texts, stickers, and multimedia content. To keep up with these updates and discover new shortcuts and codes, go to Mag for more WhatsApp notes.
