Men holding hands: dark skin tone, medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two men with dark and medium-dark skin tones standing side-by-side, joined by a hand-holding gesture. This emoji represents a romantic partnership, a close brotherhood, or a strong platonic bond between two men.

Usage Context

Used frequently to showcase relationships, announce a date, or highlight a friendship. It functions as a visual shorthand for being 'together' and is often grouped with ❤️ to emphasize affection or with 👯 to signal camaraderie.

History

This emoji was created using the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which allows disparate emoji characters to render as a single complex graphic. It emerged as part of the broader push for inclusive representations in digital communication, allowing users to reflect diverse skin tones and relationship dynamics that were previously absent from standard character sets.

Details

Glyph

👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏾

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

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

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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