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A K-pop idol performing the finger heart gesture in 2015. The Finger heart, (Korean: 손가락 하트) also called Korean finger heart gesture, is a trend that was popularized in South Korea in the 1990s, in which the index finger and thumb come together like a snap to form a tiny heart.
In some areas of the world, the gesture is considered a good luck charm; in others (including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Russia, Serbia and Turkey among others), it is considered an obscene gesture. The precise origin of the gesture is unknown, but many historians speculate that it refers to a penis penetrating the female genitalia (to which The ...
South Korea is a land of strict Confucian hierarchy and etiquette is important. In respect much can be said on the differences on how to conduct oneself as a male South Korean and a female South Korean. The bow is the traditional Korean greeting, although it is often accompanied by a handshake among men. To show respect when shaking hands ...
Avoid hand gestures with which one is unfamiliar, such as making a fist with the thumb placed between the middle and index fingers. Many of these are offensive. Any comment to a person about the appearance of the latter's female relatives or wife might be seen as rude. If invited to dinner, one is expected to bring something (usually dessert).
The upside down hand heart gesture was noted in art in 1989, when Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created an art image of the gesture as his first artwork named Family Syntax. [3] The gesture became popular in the early 2010s. [4] This gesture was added to Unicode 14.0 and Emoji 14.0 in 2021 with code point U+1FAF6 HEART HANDS. [5]
Similarly, the Korean manual alphabet uses the gesture for the Hangul letter ieung to reflect its pronunciation in spoken Korean. [32] In yubimoji, Japanese Sign Language's (JSL) manual syllabary, the gesture is the syllable me. [33]
Physical stress refers to how much strain the gesture puts on the body to perform. The ideal gesture is one that has a clear link to its meaning, is well liked as a physical expression, and does not cause unnecessary stress to present. [10] A study was performed in 2013 to test the Korean Sign Language gestures under the three criteria.
The gesture is typically made with the hand and fingers curled and the thumb thrust between the middle and index fingers. This gesture is also used similarly in Indonesia, Turkey, Korea, China, Mongolia, Hungary (called "fityisz"), South Slavic countries (shipak/šipak) and Romania ("ciuciu").