Men holding hands: medium skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
An image of two men standing side by side, holding hands, with a medium skin tone for one figure and a medium-light skin tone for the other. This glyph uses the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence to combine two individual man emojis into a single connected image.
Usage Context
Used to denote friendship, brotherhood, or a romantic partnership between men of different skin tones. It is frequently sent to celebrate inclusive relationships or to show support for a partner or close friend. People often pair this with the heart emoji ❤️ or the folded hands emoji 🙏 to emphasize connection.
History
While the man emoji has been part of Unicode for decades, the ability to join two people holding hands with specific skin tone modifiers was finalized in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. This update marked a major shift in digital inclusivity, allowing users to represent diverse human relationships that were previously limited by generic icons.
Details
Glyph
👨🏽🤝👨🏼
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fc:
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
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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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