Men holding hands: light skin tone Emoji

People

Two men with light skin tones standing side-by-side, holding hands. The figures are depicted with neutral expressions and simple, recognizable outlines.

Usage Context

Used to represent brotherhood, close friendship, or romantic partnerships. It is a frequent choice for highlighting shared experiences or identifying a pair of friends, often appearing alongside 👫 or 👭 when discussing social circles or group dynamics.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of an expansion to represent diverse family and relationship structures. It utilizes the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which combines separate character codes to render as a single image on modern messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

👬🏻

Unicode

U+1F46C U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46c_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6C;&#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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