People holding hands: medium-dark skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two individuals standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together. The first figure features a medium-dark skin tone, while the second figure displays a dark skin tone.

Usage Context

Used to represent companionship, solidarity, or romantic partnership between two people. It frequently appears in messages about hanging out with a bestie, celebrating a relationship, or showing support for unity and diversity. Users often pair it with ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize connection.

History

This emoji arrived in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0, following significant pressure from users and advocacy groups to provide more inclusive options for representing relationships. It reflects the evolution of emoji technology, moving from static, non-diverse icons to a system that allows for complex combinations of skin tones to better represent real-world human interactions.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏿

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f9d1_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

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

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