People hugging Emoji

People

Two figures embracing, shown as simple silhouettes leaning into each other. The design captures a side-on view of an intimate physical connection between two people.

Usage Context

Used to express comfort, support, warmth, or a virtual embrace. It is a go-to when words fail during difficult times, or to show affection when you cannot physically be present with someone. It pairs well with 💖 for emotional reassurance or 👋 when saying a heartfelt goodbye.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0. Its arrival was highly anticipated by users who wanted a more human-centric way to show empathy in digital chats, filling a gap left by generic hand gestures like 👐.

Details

Glyph

🫂

Unicode

U+1FAC2

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fac2:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEC2;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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