The hand heart emoji is Heart hands, U+1FAF6, and it comes in five skin tones. Heart hands emoji copy and paste takes one tap. After it come the finger heart, the love-you sign and 57 more.
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Three hands are filed under love
CLDR, the Unicode project's list of search words, gives love to three hand emoji: Heart hands, the finger heart and the Love-you gesture. Only the first two also get heart and <3. Heart hand emoji copy and paste, singular, gets the same character: Unicode's name for it, HEART HANDS, is plural.
Two hands or two fingers
Both hearts arrived in Emoji 14.0, in 2021 by Wikipedia's account. Heart hands is the two-handed gesture. Hand with index finger and thumb crossed is the small one, which Wikipedia says K-pop idols made popular, as a sign of love and gratitude to fans. CLDR also lists money, expensive and snap for it, so add a heart if the meaning matters.
Tips
For heart hand emoji copy paste in your skin tone, pick it first: three love hands and 14 combos follow.
CLDR's words pick the heart: only Purple heart is listed under bestest, Black heart under evil and wicked.
Crossed fingers is the look-alike to watch: it crosses index and middle finger, and CLDR lists luck for it.
Questions and answers
Which one is the Korean heart symbol?
It is the finger heart. Unicode has no Korean heart character: the emoji is named Hand with index finger and thumb crossed, and Wikipedia says the gesture is also called the Korean finger heart. Its Korean name, ์๊ฐ๋ฝ ํํธ, is under the text hearts.
What is the heart symbol with hands called?
Heart hands, U+1FAF6. It is a single code point, and Emoji 18.0 lists five skin tones for it. CLDR files it under heart, love, you and <3. The only other emoji with <3 is the finger heart.
Is the love-you gesture the same as the rock sign?
No. Unicode names U+1F91F I LOVE YOU HAND SIGN. Wikipedia describes it as the American Sign Language letters I, L and Y combined, and calls the horns similar-looking but unrelated, with the thumb toward the palm. Sign of the horns is listed for comparison.
๐ซฐHand with index finger and thumb crossedU+1FAF0. The finger heart, which Wikipedia says is also called the Korean finger heart. CLDR lists <3, heart and love for it, and money, expensive and snap as well. Emoji 14.0.
๐ซถHeart handsU+1FAF6. The hand heart emoji: two hands making one heart shape. CLDR lists <3, heart, love and you for it, and it comes in five skin tones. Emoji 14.0.
๐คLove-you gestureU+1F91F. Unicode names it I LOVE YOU HAND SIGN and notes that it can be shortened to ILY. Wikipedia describes the sign as the American Sign Language letters I, L and Y combined. Emoji 5.0.
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Hands that come close 8
๐คCrossed fingersU+1F91E. Index and middle finger crossed, not index and thumb. Unicode's names list cross-references it with the finger heart, and CLDR lists luck. Emoji 3.0.
๐ซตIndex pointing at the viewerU+1FAF5. CLDR lists you for it, as it does for Heart hands, so the pair reads as love you. It arrived in the same release as Heart hands and the finger heart. Emoji 14.0.
๐OK handU+1F44C. Finger and thumb again, this time closed in a ring. CLDR lists OK, okay and pinch. Emoji 0.6.
๐Open handsU+1F450. Two hands again, open rather than joined. CLDR lists hug and jazz. Emoji 0.6.
๐คฒPalms up togetherU+1F932. Two hands side by side, but cupped and open. CLDR lists cupped, dua and prayer. Emoji 5.0.
๐คPinching handU+1F90F. The same finger and thumb with a gap between them. CLDR lists little, small and bit, and nothing about love. Emoji 12.0.
๐คSign of the hornsU+1F918. The love-you gesture without the thumb: Wikipedia says the thumb holds the middle and ring fingers down. CLDR lists rock-on. Emoji 1.0.
โ๏ธVictory handU+270C U+FE0F. Two fingers up. CLDR lists peace, v and victory. Emoji 0.6.
The 12 coloured hearts 12
๐คBlack heartU+1F5A4. CLDR lists evil and wicked, so it is the one to think twice about. Emoji 3.0.
๐Blue heartU+1F499. CLDR lists love and romance. Emoji 0.6.
๐คBrown heartU+1F90E. CLDR lists only 143, brown and heart. Emoji 12.0.
๐Green heartU+1F49A. CLDR lists love and romantic. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฉถGrey heartU+1FA76. CLDR lists silver and slate, and both spellings of grey. Emoji 15.0.
๐ฉตLight blue heartU+1FA75. CLDR lists cyan, sky and teal. Emoji 15.0.
๐งกOrange heartU+1F9E1. CLDR lists only 143, heart and orange. Emoji 5.0.
๐ฉทPink heartU+1FA77. CLDR lists cute, sweet and adorable. Emoji 15.0.
๐Purple heartU+1F49C. The only emoji for which CLDR lists bestest. Emoji 0.6.
โค๏ธRed heartU+2764 U+FE0F. Unicode names the character HEAVY BLACK HEART and notes that it is shown in red in emoji style. CLDR lists love. Emoji 0.6.
๐คWhite heartU+1F90D. CLDR lists only 143, heart and white. Emoji 12.0.
๐Yellow heartU+1F49B. CLDR lists love, and cardiac too. Emoji 0.6.
Faces and hearts that say it too 4
๐ฅนFace holding back tearsU+1F979. CLDR lists grateful, gratitude and proud, which is often what the hands are saying. Emoji 14.0.
๐ฅฐSmiling face with heartsU+1F970. CLDR lists adore, crush and love. Emoji 11.0.
๐Sparkling heartU+1F496. CLDR lists excited, and both morning and night. Emoji 0.6.
๐Two heartsU+1F495. CLDR lists love, loving and anniversary. Emoji 0.6.
For the photo and the front row 6
๐ธCamera with flashU+1F4F8. For the pose. CLDR lists camera and flash. Emoji 1.0.
๐Glowing starU+1F31F. CLDR lists shining and glittery. Emoji 0.6.
๐คMicrophoneU+1F3A4. CLDR lists karaoke and sing. Emoji 0.6.
๐ถMusical notesU+1F3B6. CLDR lists music and sound. Emoji 0.6.
๐คณSelfieU+1F933. Unicode files it with the hands, so it follows your skin tone. CLDR lists camera and phone. Emoji 3.0.
โจSparklesU+2728. CLDR lists magic and sparkle. Emoji 0.6.
Text hearts and Korean 13
(ยด,,โขฯโข,,)โกA shy face with a heart beside it
(ยดโฝ`)ใโกOne arm up, passing a heart along
สโกษAn outline heart between two phonetic letters that stand in for wings
แฆGeorgian letter ghan, a letter of the alphabet borrowed for its heart shape
โกWhite heart suit: the outline heart, in plain text
โก๏ผผ(๏ฟฃโฝ๏ฟฃ)๏ผโกBoth arms up, with an outline heart over each hand
โฅBlack heart suit: the solid heart, which Unicode's names list also calls valentine
โฅRotated heavy black heart bullet: a heart lying on its side
์ฌ๋ํดI love you in Korean, from Wiktionary's phrasebook
์๊ฐ๋ฝ ํํธFinger heart in Korean, songarak hateu, as Wikipedia gives it
ํํธHateu, the Korean word for heart, which Wiktionary says is borrowed from English
๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎThe word love in mathematical bold script letters
<3The ASCII heart. CLDR lists it for Heart hands and the finger heart, and for no other emoji
Heart hands combos 14
๐ซถ๐Bestest friendHeart hands, then purple heart. CLDR lists bestest for Purple heart.
๐ซถ๐ซฐBoth heartsHeart hands, then hand with index finger and thumb crossed. The two-handed heart and the two-finger one. Both follow the skin tone you pick.
๐ค๐ถ๐ซถEncoreMicrophone, then musical notes, then heart hands. For the last song of the night.
๐ธ๐ซฐHeart for the cameraCamera with flash, then hand with index finger and thumb crossed. A finger heart for the camera.
๐ซถ๐Love winsHeart hands, then rainbow. CLDR lists pride for the rainbow.
๐ซถ๐ซตLove youHeart hands, then index pointing at the viewer. CLDR lists you for both. Both hands follow the skin tone you pick.
๐คโค๏ธLove you, signedLove-you gesture, then red heart. Unicode names the hand I LOVE YOU HAND SIGN.
๐ซฐ๐ธMoney fingersHand with index finger and thumb crossed, then money with wings. CLDR lists money and expensive for the hand, as well as heart.
๐ซถโค๏ธ๐งก๐๐๐๐Rainbow of heartsHeart hands, then red heart, then orange heart, then yellow heart, then green heart, then blue heart, then purple heart. Six of the 12 coloured hearts, in rainbow order.
๐ช๐ซถSelf loveMirror, then heart hands. CLDR lists reflection for the mirror.
๐ซถ๐Sending loveHeart hands, then love letter. CLDR lists love and mail for the letter.
๐ซฐ๐ถSnap alongHand with index finger and thumb crossed, then musical notes. CLDR lists snap for the hand: its other reading.
๐๐ซถThanks, from the heartFolded hands, then heart hands. CLDR lists thanks for Folded hands. Both follow the skin tone you pick.
๐ซฐโจTiny heartHand with index finger and thumb crossed, then sparkles. Wikipedia describes the finger heart as finger and thumb forming a tiny heart.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The 33 emoji, their names, code points, skin tones and Emoji version numbers come from emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file, in sentence case. The search words quoted in the notes are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml, main branch). The group Heart and love hands is every emoji in the six hand subgroups of emoji-test.txt that CLDR files under love: 3 in all, and the search word <3 belongs to the first two and to no other emoji. The 12 coloured hearts are the set that Unicode's names list defines under the heading Colored heart symbols (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt), listed in the order of emoji-test.txt. Character names are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), ages from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt) and the remarks quoted from the names list from NamesList.txt: it cross-references U+1FAF0 with U+1F91E, says U+1F91F can be abbreviated ILY, glosses U+2665 as valentine and says U+2764 is displayed with a red color in emoji style. Text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). Wikipedia's article Finger heart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_heart) gives the Korean name, which the script copied from it, says the gesture is also called the Korean finger heart, that finger and thumb form a tiny heart, that K-pop idols made it popular and that it was added to Unicode 14.0 and Emoji 14.0 in 2021; its article Hand heart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_heart) describes the two-handed gesture and gives the same release and year for U+1FAF6; its article ILY sign (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILY_sign) describes the sign as a combination of the American Sign Language letters I, L and Y and the horns as a similar-looking but unrelated variation with the thumb toward the palm; its article Sign of the horns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns) says the thumb holds the middle and ring fingers down. The Korean word for heart and the phrase for I love you were checked against Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%ED%8A%B8 and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%9E%91%ED%95%B4), and every Hangul syllable name was derived from Jamo.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Jamo.txt). The text hearts were built from code points with every character name checked, and the styled word was generated from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols. The other emoji, the 13 text items and the 14 combos are this site's own choice, and the combo names are our own. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are ours; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words and credited in source)