Woman and man holding hands: medium-dark skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji

People

A side-by-side depiction of a woman and a man holding hands, featuring the medium-dark skin tone for the woman and the dark skin tone for the man. They are linked together by a small grey handshake icon that signifies their connection.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to show romantic relationships, signify a pair of close friends, or represent a supportive partnership. It is a popular way to announce a relationship on social media or confirm that you are spending time with a significant other. It functions similarly to the more generic 👫 or the heart-focused 💑.

History

This complex character was enabled by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. This technology allowed developers to combine individual person emojis with a handshake connector to create diverse, multi-skin-tone pairings that were previously impossible to display as a single glyph.

Details

Glyph

👩🏾‍🤝‍👨🏿

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#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

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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