Men holding hands: light skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji
People
Two men standing side-by-side, holding hands, featuring a light skin tone for the first figure and a dark skin tone for the second. The design uses the standard male-coded gender marker combined with a handshake-style link between them.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to represent diverse relationships, including romantic partnerships, friendships, or brotherhood. It acts as a visual shorthand for unity and connection between individuals of different backgrounds. It is frequently sent alongside heart emojis like ❤️ or 💕 to celebrate supportive relationships.
History
Part of the ongoing push for greater inclusivity in digital communication, this emoji was added via ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequences in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. It reflects the industry-wide transition toward allowing users to customize skin tones for multi-person emojis, moving away from the static, single-tone options that dominated early messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
👨🏻🤝👨🏿
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory family
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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