🫰🏻Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone Emoji
What does 🫰🏻 Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone mean?
🫰🏻 is the Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed emoji (🫰) with a light skin tone (🏻, Fitzpatrick type 1–2) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.
Cross a thumb over an index finger and the tips form a tiny heart: the finger heart made popular by K-pop idols and their fans. Its main use is quick affection – “love you”, “thank you”, “sending love”. Because the same pose looks like rubbing fingers together, it also means money, as in “that’s pricey” or “pay up”, and some read it as a snap. Context tells which one you mean.
🫰🏻 Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: partial fingers), added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. People use it in messages about <3, expensive, heart, love, money and snap.
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🫰🏻 Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed in every skin tone
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Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🫰🏻 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.
When was the Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone emoji added?
🫰🏻 Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow 🫰, there are 5 skin tone versions: 🫰🏻 🫰🏼 🫰🏽 🫰🏾 🫰🏿. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does 🫰🏻 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1FAF0 U+1F3FB) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.