Heart hands: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A pair of human hands shaped into a heart gesture, featuring a medium-light skin tone. The thumbs and fingers curve inward to form a classic heart silhouette that represents warmth and affection.
Usage Context
Widely used in digital messaging to express love, gratitude, or support without needing words. It functions as a more personal alternative to the standard ❤️ and is frequently sent when showing appreciation for someone's content or responding to a kind message.
History
This gesture gained massive popularity in K-pop culture and social media trends before being formally added to the Unicode 14.0 standard in 2021. It was developed to meet user demand for more expressive, body-based communication tools that feel more human than static icons.
Details
Glyph
🫶🏼
Unicode
U+1FAF6 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf6_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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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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