Copy the most used hug and tenderness emojis in one click — 🤗 🫂 💝 💖 💕 🥰 😊 🤭 🫶 💞 🌸 💌 — with their meaning, Unicode and HTML codes, and keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.
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Hug and tenderness emojis cover physical affection, gentle love, human warmth and comfort — from the literal hug to the heartfelt impulse. Click any emoji to copy it instantly.
Each hug emoji expresses a different nuance of tenderness — the enthusiasm of an embrace, the warmth of a virtual hug, the gentleness of an offered heart. The definitions reflect common usage on WhatsApp and in affectionate messages.
Hug emoji sequences ready to copy and paste to send tenderness, comfort someone or express your affection from a distance.
Technical codes for each hug emoji: Unicode code point and HTML entity for use in web development.
| Emoji | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugging face |
U+1F917
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🤗
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| People hugging |
U+1FAC2
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🫂
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| Heart with ribbon |
U+1F49D
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💝
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| Sparkling heart |
U+1F496
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💖
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| Two hearts |
U+1F495
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💕
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| Smiling face hearts |
U+1F970
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🥰
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| Smiling rosy cheeks |
U+1F60A
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😊
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| Hand over mouth |
U+1F92D
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🤭
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| Palms up |
U+1F932
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🤲
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| Heart hands |
U+1FAF6
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🫶
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| Revolving hearts |
U+1F49E
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💞
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| Cherry blossom |
U+1F338
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🌸
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| White heart pure |
U+1F90D
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🤍
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| Love letter |
U+1F48C
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💌
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| Melting face |
U+1FAE0
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🫠
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The 🤗 emoji (U+1F917, "Hugging Face") shows a smiling face with open arms ready for a hug — the symbol of affectionate enthusiasm and sincere warmth. It differs from 🫂 (people hugging, a literal embrace between two people): 🤗 expresses the desire to hug or overflowing enthusiasm, while 🫂 represents the concrete act of the embrace. Both complement each other in affectionate messages.
In messages, 🤗 accompanies joyful reunions, happy news, sincere compliments or moments when one wants to express human warmth without words. Very popular among close friends and in family groups on WhatsApp. It can also be used humorously to mean excessive enthusiasm or the desire to give someone a surprise hug.
🤗 (hugging face) expresses the affectionate impulse — ready to give a hug, radiating warmth. 🫂 (people hugging) is the hug itself — more concrete, more intimate, often sent to comfort. 🥰 (smiling face with hearts) expresses being smitten — melting before something or someone.
In practice in messages: 🤗 for "sending you lots of hugs", 🫂 for "I really wish I could be there to hold you", and 🥰 for "you're too adorable, I adore you". These three emojis form the most complete digital tenderness trio.
Yes. 🤗, 🫂, 💕, 💖, 🥰, 🫶, 💌 and all hug emojis on this page are standard Unicode characters that work on WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter/X, Discord, Telegram, Facebook, Gmail and Outlook.
Appearance may vary slightly by platform but the copied character is identical everywhere. Click any emoji to copy it and paste it directly into your message.