Heart Hands ???? Emoji Meaning
The heart hands emoji shows love. The heart hands (or hand heart) emoji expresses love and affection. It can be perceived as flirty when sent to a partner or crush. The emoji can also be a platonic symbol of love between family or friends.
The heart hands emoji expresses support. On social media, people use the heart hands emoji to express their support for friends, celebrities, and things they like. Over text, it indicates support to the person receiving the emoji. While heart emojis may be seen as romantic, the heart hands emoji indicates more general positive emotions like care, respect, support, and good vibes.
Millennial, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha Heart Hands Explained
Millennial heart hands resemble the emoji. Millennials use either all their fingers or their thumbs and pointer (index) fingers to make heart hands. Gen Z only uses the middle and pointer fingers (the two fingers closest to the thumb). One viral TikTok posted by user @zoegrcee shows a cafe employee creating half a heart shape using her middle and pointer finger and asking coworkers to complete the gesture. She asks viewers to “Guess the millennial.” The Millennial is the person who completes the gesture with their thumb and pointer finger. Taylor Swift famously does Millennial heart hands. Fans also refer to it as “Fearless Heart Hands” because Swift frequently did the gesture while singing “Fearless” during the Eras tour.
Gen Z heart hands only use the middle and pointer fingers. This version of the heart hands gesture was popularized on TikTok and other social media. It involves using your pointer fingers to form the top of the heart shape and connecting your middle fingers to form the heart’s bottom point. On TikTok, user @laurahfritz posted a viral video explaining the difference between how Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha do hand hearts, also known as the heart hands gesture.
Gen Alpha heart hands use the thumbs and pointer fingers. The gesture is like an alternate version of Millennial heart hands. Instead of touching all the fingers on top and the thumbs on the bottom of the heart shape, only the pointer fingers and thumbs touch. The rest of the fingers point upward and inward above the heart. Many Gen Alpha people also do what’s known as Gen Z heart hands. Some even do Millennial heart hands. Gen Alpha may also make Korean finger hearts, a gesture that involves pressing one thumb and pointer finger together. Various Korean celebrities have done the finger hearts gesture, boosting its popularity among younger generations since the 2010s.
How to Do Millennial Heart Hands
Hold your hands at chest level with palms facing each other. Start by bending and lifting your arms so your hands are in front of your chest. You don’t have to straighten your palms—just make sure your hands are turned so the palms are parallel.
Make your hands into C-shapes and press them together. Move your thumbs away from the rest of your fingers to form the bottom of the C-shapes. Hold the rest of your fingers pressed together and bend them to form the tops of the C-shapes. Finally, touch the tips of your fingers and thumbs together like you’re making a circle with your hands. Your palms should still be facing each other so that the C-shapes mirror each other.
Point the tips of your fingers down to make a heart. Start by pointing your thumbs down so the pads of each thumb are pressing together and pointing downward. This is the tip of the heart shape. Bend your knuckles to point the tips of your fingers down and form the top of the heart shape. Your fingernails should be pressing together at the top cleft of the heart. To turn the gesture into Gen Alpha heart hands, simply lift all the top fingers except your pointer fingers so they’re above the heart.
How to Do Gen Z Heart Hands
Hold your hands in front of you with your palms parallel. Hold them at chest- or neck-level. Ensure your palms are facing each other. Let your hands sit naturally—they don’t have to be straight or flexed.
Make a diamond shape with your middle and pointer fingers. Start by lifting your pointer fingers and lowering your middle fingers down while straightening them. They should look like less than (<) and greater than (>) signs. Press them together at the tips to create a diamond shape. Curl your ring and pinky fingers and your thumbs so they’re not in the way of the diamond shape. They’ll be below the bottom half of the diamond shape.
Bend your pointer fingers to create a heart shape. Lightly touch the pointer fingers’ fingernails together while bending at the knuckles. Your middle fingers may bend when you do this—that’s okay. Try to hold them in place. You’ve now made the Gen Z heart hand shape! Once you bend your pointer fingers, it may feel more comfortable to let your thumbs hang down instead of curling them inward. To do the Gen Z heart hand gesture with another person, repeat these steps on only one hand to create half a heart. Press your half to theirs to complete the gesture.
How to Do Korean Finger Hearts
Hold up one hand in a fist at chest-level. The Korean finger heart gesture only requires one hand. Choose either your right or left hand, and hold it up in front of your chest. Position your hand so the palm is facing you. Bend your fingers to your palm to make a fist.
Lift your thumb and index finger and cross them. Start by bending your fist at the wrist so it leans away from your chest. Lift the thumb and index (pointer) finger up from the fist. Cross them at the first knuckle so the thumb is pointing slightly to the right and the index finger is pointing slightly to the left. From the first knuckle up, your fingers should resemble the silhouette of a heart.
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