Handshake: light skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji
People
A digital representation of two hands of different skin tones clasping together, meant to illustrate a partnership or mutual agreement between diverse groups of people. It shows a lighter-toned hand on the left meeting a darker-toned hand on the right.
Usage Context
Used to signal a deal, a compromise, or a friendly greeting. It is the go-to emoji for professional networking on platforms like LinkedIn or simply to show solidarity during negotiations. It serves as an inclusive update to the standard 🤝 emoji, reflecting the diversity of modern communication.
History
This multi-skin tone combination was made possible through the Emoji 14.0 update in 2021. It required significant technical coordination to allow the handshake to function as a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, enabling users to customize the skin tones of both hands to better represent specific interpersonal relationships.
Details
Glyph
🫱🏻🫲🏿
Unicode
U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf1_1f3fb_200d_1faf2_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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