People holding hands: medium skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

Two people standing side-by-side with their hands clasped. This version displays a medium skin tone for the first figure and a medium-light skin tone for the second, representing a mix of backgrounds.

Usage Context

Used to denote friendship, partnership, or a supportive connection between two people. It is a go-to for showing solidarity or sharing a milestone with a loved one. People frequently use it alongside ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize a close bond or a shared experience.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its arrival followed a massive push from users for more inclusive representations of diverse relationships and friendships, allowing people to better mirror the actual skin tone combinations seen in their own social circles.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏼

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f9d1_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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