Handshake: medium-light skin tone, medium skin tone Emoji

People

A pair of hands coming together in a firm grip, featuring a medium-light skin tone on one side and a medium skin tone on the other. The hands are angled to suggest the act of sealing a bargain or greeting someone.

Usage Context

Used to signal an agreement, a successful negotiation, or a friendly partnership between two different people. It is a popular way to confirm a deal in digital chats or show solidarity. Often used alongside emojis like 🤝 or ✅ to emphasize that a pact has been made.

History

Handshake emojis were standard for years in a single generic yellow shade, but the move toward multiracial variants arrived with Unicode 14.0 in 2021. This update was part of a larger push to allow users to represent diverse human interactions and interpersonal connections accurately in online conversation.

Details

Glyph

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

Unicode

U+1FAF1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf1_1f3fc_200d_1faf2_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#xD83E;&#xDEF2;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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