Men holding hands: medium skin tone, light skin tone Emoji

People

Two men standing side-by-side and holding hands, featuring one figure with a medium skin tone and the other with a light skin tone. The design captures a moment of connection, showing the two figures linked together by their hands.

Usage Context

Used to represent romantic relationships, platonic friendships, or a display of solidarity between two people. It is a frequent choice for expressing closeness with a partner or best friend, often appearing alongside ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize a bond or a date night.

History

This emoji was introduced as part of the Emoji 12.0 update in 2019. It reflects the push toward more inclusive representations of diverse relationships and skin tone combinations, moving beyond the static, non-gendered, or single-color icons that dominated early messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏻

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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