Men holding hands: medium-light skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji
People
Two men standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together. The figure on the left has a medium-light skin tone, while the figure on the right has a dark skin tone.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to show friendship, romantic partnerships, or brotherhood. It often signals a strong bond between two people, whether they are best friends, a committed couple, or family members. It is a popular way to represent inclusivity in relationships, often used alongside 👩🤝👩 or 🧑🤝🧑 to highlight diverse pairings.
History
These hand-holding emojis were added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of a push for greater representation in digital communication. By allowing users to select individual skin tones for each figure, the update moved away from generic icons to better reflect the diverse nature of real-world human relationships.
Details
Glyph
👨🏼🤝👨🏿
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_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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