Men holding hands: medium skin tone, medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
Two men standing side by side, holding hands, with a medium skin tone for the first figure and a medium-dark skin tone for the second. The characters are joined by a translucent graphic link to show they are tethered together.
Usage Context
Used to represent brotherhood, romantic partnerships, or close friendships between men. It is a popular way to signal support for LGBTQ+ relationships, describe a pair of best friends, or simply indicate two people who are inseparable. People often use this alongside emojis like ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize a close bond.
History
This emoji was introduced in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. It was created following a massive expansion in emoji diversity, which sought to represent the full spectrum of human relationships and skin tones beyond the standard yellow figures that dominated early messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
👨🏽🤝👨🏾
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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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
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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