palm down hand: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1FAF3 1F3FE
Description
A person with a 'heart hands' gesture, featuring light skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > hand-fingers-open
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Expresses love, support, gratitude, or affection. The heart shape formed by the hands is a universal symbol of love.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 15.0 (2022). The 'heart hands' gesture itself has been a popular way to visually represent love, especially gaining prominence through K-pop culture, which likely contributed to its emoji encoding.
Usage Examples
- Expressing love or affection: 'Sending you so much love! Heart hands! 🫶🏽'
- Showing support: 'We are all with you! 🫶🏽'
- Thanking someone: 'Thank you for everything! 🫶🏽'
- Conveying appreciation: 'This gift is perfect, thank you! 🫶🏽'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to show love, appreciation, or 'sending love' to someone.
East Asian culture:
Popularized in Korean pop culture, it is widely used to signify 'saranghae' (I love you) or to show appreciation to fans.
Global usage:
Has become a universal gesture of love and support, especially in a digital context.