👍 Thumbs up | Thumbs up emoji | Emoji Copy and Paste

The thumbs up emoji, whose Unicode name is “thumbs up”, is part of the People & Body group. It is closely tied to thumbs up, agree and excellent, which is what people usually have in mind when they search for it. Its positivity score is 92 out of 100, which places it in the Positive range.

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1. Thumbs up emoji attributes

Symbol: 👍
Name: Thumbs up
English name: thumbs up
Unicode code point: U+1F44D
HTML entity: 👍
Decimal: 👍
Category: People & Body›Gestures
Keywords: thumbs up, agree, excellent, thumbs
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2. Thumbs up emoji meaning

Within People & Body, the thumbs up emoji belongs to the Gestures subgroup, which gathers 45 related symbols. People reach for it when the topic is thumbs up, agree and excellent. Used alone it is a reaction; used with text it becomes part of the message.

In everyday chat, the thumbs up (👍) usually appears alongside words about thumbs up, agree and excellent. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Thumbs up emoji sentiment

Positive

92 / 100

Scored 92 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Positive range. The symbol reads as upbeat, which makes it a safe closing for a cheerful line.

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

4. Thumbs up emoji examples

1Still thinking it over 👍
2Ask me anything about the project 👍
3Raising my hand for the question 👍

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