Meaning
Two hands positioned to form the shape of a heart, with fingers curved and touching to create a recognizable love symbol. The hands are rendered in skin tones with a warm, tender aesthetic that emphasizes care and affection.
This emoji is pure love language. People use it to express deep affection, warmth, and care—whether sending love to a partner, showing appreciation for someone special, or expressing gratitude and warmth. It's gentler and more intentional than a heart alone, conveying the message that your love is actively being given, not just felt. It works beautifully for romantic contexts, thank-yous, and moments of genuine emotional connection.
Beyond romantic love, heart hands convey compassion, support, and emotional presence. You'll see it in messages of comfort, celebration of chosen family, or standing with someone through tough times. It's popular in self-care contexts too—people use it to express self-love and kindness toward themselves. On social media, it signals that something resonates deeply with your heart.
What makes this emoji special is the active element: instead of a passive heart symbol, you're showing hands creating that shape, suggesting intentional, deliberate love. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 14 in 2021, heart hands represent a relatively recent addition to the emoji alphabet that captures the nuance of love as an action, not just a feeling.
Common Uses
- • Expressing love and affection
- • Showing deep appreciation or gratitude
- • Supporting someone emotionally
- • Celebrating self-love and care
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Heart hands arrived late to the emoji party in 2021, but quickly became a favorite for expressing deeper emotional connections compared to the simple heart emoji.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:heart_hands: :heart_hands: :heart_hands: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🫶 |
| HTML (hex) | 🫶 |
| CSS | \1FAF6 |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDEF6 |
| Python | \U0001FAF6 |
| Java | \uD83E\uDEF6 |
| Perl | \x{1FAF6} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1FAF6} |
| Punycode | xn--2s52 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%AB%B6 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xAB 0xB6 |
🫶 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | হৃদয়াকৃতির হাত |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 做成心形的双手 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 雙手心形 |
| Danish | hjertehænder |
| Dutch | handen in de vorm van een hart |
| English | heart hands |
| English (UK) | heart hands |
| Estonian | südant moodustavad käed |
| Finnish | sydänkuvio käsillä |
| French | mains qui forment un cœur |
| German | Hände, die Herz bilden |
| Hindi | हाथों से बना दिल का चिह्न |
| Hungarian | szívet formázó kezek |
| Italian | mani a cuore |
| Japanese | ハート形の手 |
| Korean | 손 하트 |
| Lithuanian | širdelė iš rankų |
| Malay | tangan berbentuk hati |
| Norwegian | hjertehender |
| Polish | dłonie tworzące serce |
| Portuguese | mãos de coração |
| Russian | жест «сердце» |
| Spanish | manos formando un corazón |
| Spanish (Mexico) | manos formando un corazón |
| Swedish | handhjärta |
| Thai | มือรูปหัวใจ |
| Ukrainian | жест «серце» |
| Vietnamese | hai bàn tay tạo hình trái tim |