Men holding hands: dark skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

Two men standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together, featuring a dark skin tone for the first figure and a medium-light skin tone for the second. The characters are joined by an invisible ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence that links two individual icons into a single visual unit.

Usage Context

Used to represent romantic relationships, platonic brotherhood, or strong social bonds. It is frequently sent to show support for LGBTQ+ visibility or to highlight a dynamic duo, often appearing alongside emojis like ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize commitment or friendship.

History

While the individual man emoji has been part of the Unicode standard for decades, this specific combination was introduced in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. It reflects the industry-wide move toward more inclusive representation by allowing users to construct diverse pairing combinations using skin tone modifiers.

Details

Glyph

👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏼

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

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.

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