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folding hand fan

A folding hand fan, a pleated accessory that opens into a semicircle and is held to create a breeze

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Code points
U+1FAAD
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Meaning

A folding hand fan, a pleated accessory that opens into a semicircle and is held to create a breeze. It commonly conveys cooling off, heat, or summer, and often appears in contexts of dancing, performance, or traditional dress. It can also suggest flirtation, coyness, or dramatic emphasis, echoing gestures of fanning oneself. In some online usage it signals admiration or applause, playing on the fan's snapping sound. Because the object is decorative as well as practical, its meaning can be ambiguous, and context usually determines whether it reads as literal cooling or playful attitude.

Folding hand fan — Approved as part of Emoji 15.0 in 2022.

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Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1FAAD
Unicode name
folding hand fan
Category
ObjectsClothing
Unicode
15.0 · 2022Emoji 15.0
Keywords
clackclapcoolcoolingdancefanflirtflutterfoldinghandhotshyemojimeaning

Developer

Single code point
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1FAAD
Unicode namefolding hand fan
UTF-8F0 9F AA AD
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):folding_hand_fan:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🪭
HTML (decimal)🪭
CSS\1FAAD
Languages
JavaScript\u{1FAAD}
Python\U0001FAAD
Perl\x{1FAAD}
PHP / Ruby\u{1FAAD}
Encodings
Punycodexn--l19h
URL escape code%F0%9F%AA%AD

Frequently asked

What does 🪭 folding hand fan mean?

A folding hand fan, a pleated accessory that opens into a semicircle and is held to create a breeze. It commonly conveys cooling off, heat, or summer, and often appears in contexts of dancing, performance, or traditional dress. It can also suggest flirtation, coyness, or dramatic emphasis, echoing gestures of fanning oneself. In some online usage it signals admiration or applause, playing on the fan's snapping sound. Because the object is decorative as well as practical, its meaning can be ambiguous, and context usually determines whether it reads as literal cooling or playful attitude.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🪭 folding hand fan?

U+1FAAD (Unicode 15.0, 2022) · :folding_hand_fan:

Which emojis are related to 🪭 folding hand fan?

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