Fingers crossed for luck, used when you hope for a good outcome.

Fingers crossed for luck, used when you hope for a good outcome.

Fingers crossed for luck, used when you hope for a good outcome.

Fingers crossed for luck, hoping for a good outcome.

Represents a hand with the index and middle fingers crossed, a gesture widely used in American culture to express hope and to wish someone good luck. Although emoji culture in its early years was dominated by designs rooted in Japanese visual language, by the mid-2010s there was a growing call for symbols that reflected distinctly American gestures and communication styles. This emoji emerged in that cultural moment, adding a clearly recognizable U.S. expression to the emoji set and filling a gap users had been pointing out for years.