Heart hands: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands pressed together to form a heart shape, featuring a medium-dark skin tone. The fingers are angled to mirror each other, creating the silhouette of a heart in the negative space between the palms.

Usage Context

Widely used to express affection, gratitude, or support in digital conversations. It serves as a physical gesture for saying 'I love you' or 'thank you' without needing words. It is frequently paired with ❤️ or 🥰 to emphasize warmth and positive emotions.

History

The heart hands gesture gained massive popularity in the 2010s, particularly in celebrity culture and social media posts. The emoji version was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0 to provide a more expressive alternative to the traditional flat heart symbols.

Details

Glyph

🫶🏾

Unicode

U+1FAF6 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf6_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF6;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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