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

People

Two men standing side-by-side, holding hands, featuring one figure with a deep brown skin tone and the other with a pale skin tone. The design captures a connection between two individuals, emphasizing companionship or romantic partnership.

Usage Context

Used to denote friendship, dating, or a committed relationship between men. It is a popular way to signal a diverse pairing or to show support for LGBTQ+ relationships. You might see it used alongside ❤️ to announce a couple or 🤝 to highlight a supportive bond.

History

This emoji was introduced in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0. It reflects the ongoing push by the Unicode Consortium to include a wider range of skin tone combinations, ensuring that digital representations of human relationships match the diversity of real-world interactions.

Details

Glyph

👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏻

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

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

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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