What does 🫶🏽 Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone mean?
🫶🏽 is the Heart Hands emoji (🫶) with a medium skin tone (🏽, Fitzpatrick type 4) 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.
Curved together, two hands form a heart. It sends love, gratitude and appreciation, often to a whole group at once, which is why creators and public figures use it to thank followers. Friends use it as a softer, more personal alternative to ❤️, for compliments, birthday thanks and support. It belongs to Emoji 14.0, so older phones may not have it.
🫶🏽 Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (two-hand gestures), added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. People use it in messages about <3, love and you.
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🫶🏽 Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Heart Hands in every skin tone
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Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Heart Hands: Medium 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 Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone emoji added?
🫶🏽 Heart Hands: Medium 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 Heart Hands 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 Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1FAF6 U+1F3FD) 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.