Men holding hands: light skin tone, medium skin tone Emoji
People
Two men standing side-by-side, holding hands between them. The figure on the left features a light skin tone, while the figure on the right features a medium skin tone.
Usage Context
Used to represent romantic partnerships, close friendships, or brotherhood between men of different ethnicities. It is frequently sent to show solidarity, support for diversity, or simply to label a pair of people as a 'power couple' or 'best friends.' It is often used alongside emojis like ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize a bond.
History
This emoji was made possible by the introduction of the Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequence, which allowed platforms to combine individual person emojis with a handshake icon to create complex multi-person graphics. It was added to the Unicode standard to provide more inclusive and accurate representations of real-world relationships.
Details
Glyph
👨🏻🤝👨🏽
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fd:
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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