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Handshake: dark skin tone, medium skin tone

Handshake: dark skin tone, medium skin tone Emoji

People

A pair of hands coming together in a firm grip, featuring a dark skin tone on the left hand and a medium skin tone on the right. This icon represents a physical interaction between two people of different backgrounds.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal that a deal has been struck, a compromise has been reached, or a partnership is being formed. It is a digital way to show mutual respect or consensus, often sent alongside 🤝 or ✅ to confirm that plans are finalized.

History

Handshake variants with diverse skin tones were introduced in 2022 as part of Emoji 14.0. The ability to mix skin tones was a major technical update designed to better represent the reality of human collaboration and interpersonal interactions in global messaging apps.

Details

Glyph
🫱🏿‍🫲🏽
Unicode
U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf1_1f3ff_200d_1faf2_1f3fd:
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
agreementdealhandmeetingshakecooperationpartnershipcollaborationdiverse skin tonessolidarity

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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