Men holding hands: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

Two men standing side-by-side while holding hands, rendered here with a medium-light skin tone for both figures. The design features simple, thick-lined characters commonly seen in modern chat applications.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to represent romantic relationships, brotherhood, or close friendships. Users often send it to acknowledge a partner or a best friend, frequently pairing it with other relationship icons like ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize a bond between two people.

History

This emoji began as a yellow-toned icon before the Unicode Consortium introduced diverse skin tone modifiers in 2015. It reflects the evolution of digital communication toward more inclusive representations of real-world relationships and diverse gender identities.

Details

Glyph

👬🏼

Unicode

U+1F46C U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46c_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6C;&#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.

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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