Handshake: medium-dark skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji
People
A pair of hands coming together to perform a handshake, featuring a medium-dark skin tone on one hand and a dark skin tone on the other. This graphic depicts a firm, collaborative grasp between two individuals.
Usage Context
Used to signify an agreement, a successful negotiation, or a friendly greeting between people of different backgrounds. It serves as a digital way to seal a deal, show partnership, or confirm a common understanding. It is often used alongside emojis like 🤝 or ✅ to confirm that a plan is set in stone.
History
Handshake variants with diverse skin tones were introduced in 2022 as part of Emoji 14.0. These additions were developed to reflect the inclusive nature of global communication, moving past the original singular, non-specific yellow handshake that had been a standard since the early days of Unicode implementation.
Details
Glyph
🫱🏾🫲🏿
Unicode
U+1FAF1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf1_1f3fe_200d_1faf2_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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