Men holding hands: dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two men with dark skin tones standing side-by-side, each extending an arm to hold the hand of the other. The figures are rendered in a standard, gender-neutral style to represent a close bond between two males.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to highlight brotherhood, romantic partnerships, or close friendships. It serves as a visual shorthand for platonic support or a committed relationship. People often use it alongside ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize solidarity or affection.

History

Initially, the emoji set only offered a generic gender-neutral or male-coded couple. As Unicode expanded to include diverse skin tones and specific gender pairings in 2015, this variation was added to better reflect the diverse reality of human relationships within digital messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

👬🏿

Unicode

U+1F46C U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46c_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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

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