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

People

Two men standing side-by-side, holding hands, with a light skin tone figure on the left and a medium-dark skin tone figure on the right. They are connected by a small handshake icon, forming a single multi-person character.

Usage Context

Used to represent romantic relationships, platonic bromances, or simply a show of support and unity between two men. It is a popular way to signal a partnership, often used alongside hearts like ❤️ or 💙 to emphasize affection or solidarity.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 12.0 in 2019 as part of an effort to broaden skin tone diversity and relationship representations. It utilizes a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence to combine individual male emojis and a handshake into one cohesive image, reflecting the push for more inclusive digital communication standards.

Details

Glyph

👨🏻‍🤝‍👨🏾

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍&#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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