Emoji dictionary
🫶 Heart Hands emoji
[ hahrt handz ih-moh-jee ]
What does 🫶 Heart Hands emoji mean?
The Heart Hands emoji 🫶 depicts a pair of hands forming a heart. The emoji is often used to express love or affection toward someone or something.
Where does 🫶 Heart Hands emoji come from?
The Heart Hands emoji 🫶 was approved under Unicode 14.0 in 2021. On all platforms, the emoji depicts a pair of yellow hands forming a heart, with the thumbs forming the bottom and the other fingers curled to form the top.
The Heart Hands emoji 🫶 can be customized with a variety of skin tones.
The Heart Hands emoji 🫶 was proposed in December 2019 by René Joythe. In the proposal, the gesture was said to be “a symbol to empower against mean comments and negative vibes on social media.”
The gesture that the emoji depicts has been used since at least the early 2010s, when it was popularized by musicians like Taylor Swift frequently performing the gesture. It has been noted that members of Gen-Z commonly perform a similar gesture in which two people creature a full heart by each forming a half-heart with their hand.
Examples of 🫶 Heart Hands emoji
Who uses 🫶 Heart Hands emoji?
The Heart Hands emoji 🫶 is used both in texting and on social media.
We 🫶 y'all! pic.twitter.com/GJB1uWWZJ6
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 14, 2023
Believe in spreading love!🫶
— shreya (@sonikudi_sr) February 5, 2023
What’s up guys! Thank you for all your love and support! I’m back and I can’t wait to show you more of what I’ve got! 🫶
— Anjo Sarnate (@anjosarnate) February 6, 2023
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