Heart hands: dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands forming a heart shape, rendered with a dark skin tone. The fingers are curved to create a rounded silhouette, mimicking the universal gesture used to express affection or appreciation.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital messaging to convey love, support, or gratitude without needing words. It functions as a warmer, more personal alternative to the traditional ❤️ or 🥰 emojis, as it depicts a human action rather than a flat icon.

History

Heart hands were added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0. The design was heavily influenced by the rise of 'finger hearts' in K-pop culture and social media trends, eventually becoming a standard way to signal digital intimacy across mobile platforms.

Details

Glyph

🫶🏿

Unicode

U+1FAF6 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf6_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF6;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hands

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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