ok hand
U+1F44C
− Avoid when: Brazil, Turkey, Greece and parts of the Mediterranean, Middle East and Latin America, where the same shape is an obscene insult
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Thumb and index finger form a ring while the other fingers splay up — everything is fine, correct, or agreed. The default reading across the English-speaking world.
Avoid when
- −Brazil, Turkey, Greece and parts of the Mediterranean, Middle East and Latin America, where the same shape is an obscene insult
"I'm OK" — underwater, the ring is a required diver-to-diver safety signal meaning "everything is OK / I am OK," and expects the same sign back to confirm. Not politeness, a safety check.
Money. The circular fingers read as a coin, so the one-handed ring stands for cash.
Zero, nothing, worthless. The "O" shape is read literally as zero — the opposite of the American "perfect."
An obscene insult. The ring is read as a body orifice, making it a vulgar affront roughly equivalent to the middle finger.
Avoid when
- −anywhere in these regions, especially formal or public settings