The forever special emoji for the people has been the fingers crossed emoji. This is the emoji that most people use to wish luck, they use it for invalidating a promise being made. The kids or I’d say even the adults tend to use this form of gesture of “cross your fingers” as a wish for luck every time. People tend to keep their fingers crossed with a mindset that it keeps their hopes up. The origin of this gesture was in the Bible where the verdicts of the kings were rendered such as “May God have mercy upon your soul” which would prove the God was above law.
How it is used
I had kept my fingers crossed that I wouldn’t get the firing today. People use this gesture very often. For example:
- I need to keep my fingers crossed because I am going to the meeting today.
- Wish me with the good luck emoji today, I need it.
When it was released
The Crossed Fingers Emoji was created for Unicode v.9.0 in 2016. It was also included in Emoji 3.0 the same year.
People alse call it these things
You can refer to the fingers crossed as
- Hoping emoji
- Good luck
Other emojis that look similar to the crossed fingers
For similar emojis, you want to look in the hands category. There are also several finger-related gestures on the gestures page.
Where to learn more about emojis
If you would like to know a bit more about emojis and their history, check out the history article we published earlier this year.
