People holding hands: medium skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji
People
Two people standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together, featuring a medium skin tone for one individual and a dark skin tone for the other. This glyph represents human connection, support, and partnership.
Usage Context
Used to showcase relationships, ranging from romantic partners and best friends to showing solidarity between different groups. It is frequently sent alongside ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize commitment or friendship. The specific skin tone variation helps users better represent their personal lives and diverse communities.
History
This emoji was made possible by the introduction of the Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequence, which allowed platforms to combine individual person emojis with a handshake icon. This technical breakthrough in Unicode 12.0 (2019) allowed for the vast array of multi-person, multi-tone combinations seen in modern messaging.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏽🤝🧑🏿
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f9d1_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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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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