Love-you gesture: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned hand gesture with the index, pinky, and thumb extended while the middle and ring fingers remain curled against the palm. This represents the American Sign Language sign for 'I love you'.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital messaging to express affection, gratitude, or support. It is the go-to sign for 'I love you' in casual texting, bridging the gap between non-verbal communication and rapid-fire online chat. It is often sent alongside the ❤️ or 🥰 to emphasize sincere sentiment.

History

The 'I love you' sign originated in American Sign Language, combining the letters 'I', 'L', and 'Y'. The gesture was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 to provide more diverse ways to communicate emotion, and the skin tone modifier was included to better reflect the appearance of real-world users.

Details

Glyph

🤟🏿

Unicode

U+1F91F U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f91f_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD1F;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-partial

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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