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

&#xD83E;&#xDEF6;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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