Hand with index finger and thumb crossed

Thumb and index finger crossed to form a tiny heart. 🫰 is the Korean finger heart: a small, cute way to say love or thanks.

K-pop fans and idols use it constantly. It also reads as rubbing fingers together for money, so people use it for "expensive," "pay me," or cash talk. Some read it as a finger snap.

The heart meaning is strongest in Korean and K-pop culture; elsewhere the money meaning can win.

Facts

Hand with index finger and thumb crossed 🫰 is an emoji in the people and body category, under hand fingers partial. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. It comes in five skin tones, from light to dark. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :hand_with_index_finger_and_thumb_crossed:. People also look for it with words like “<3”, “crossed”, “expensive”, or “finger”.

Timeline

1. 2021Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 14.0)
2. 2021Arrived with five skin tones (Emoji 14.0)

Design history

Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.

people & body · Emoji 14.0