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Handshake: dark skin tone, light skin tone

Handshake: dark skin tone, light skin tone Emoji

People

A representation of a two-person handshake where one hand features a dark skin tone and the other features a light skin tone. This image signifies a connection, agreement, or a formal meeting between two distinct individuals.

Usage Context

Used to confirm a deal, celebrate a partnership, or show solidarity between people of different backgrounds. It is frequently sent after finalizing plans, settling a debate, or welcoming a new person to a group, often appearing alongside emojis like 🤝 or 🎉.

History

Handshake variants were expanded in Unicode 14.0 (2021) to include multi-skin tone combinations. This addition was part of a larger technical push to make digital communication more inclusive, allowing users to better reflect the diversity of real-world interpersonal interactions.

Details

Glyph
🫱🏿‍🫲🏻
Unicode
U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf1_1f3ff_200d_1faf2_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
agreementdealhandmeetingshakecooperationdiversityhandshakepartnershipcollaborationmulticultural

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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