Hand with index finger and thumb crossed Emoji
People
A hand gesture featuring the thumb and index finger crossed together, creating a small heart shape or a snapping motion. It is depicted as a yellow skin tone in the standard set.
Usage Context
This gesture took off in South Korea as the 'finger heart,' a way to show love or gratitude to fans and friends. In Western cultures, the same hand position is often used to signify money, a high price tag, or the 'snap' of fingers. People use it to signal affection or to complain about something being too expensive, similar to using the 💸 or ❤️ emojis.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, this icon was officially requested to bridge the gap between global pop culture trends and common hand signals. Its inclusion reflects how quickly internet culture and K-pop influence modern digital communication.
Details
Glyph
🫰
Unicode
U+1FAF0
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf0:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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