Woman and man holding hands: light skin tone, medium skin tone Emoji
People
A composite image showing a woman with light skin and a man with medium skin holding hands. The pair is linked by a small icon in the center to signify they are connected as a single unit.
Usage Context
Used to represent romantic partners, close friends, or family members. It is a popular way to share relationship status updates on social media or to tag a friend in a photo. This version specifically highlights a multiracial pairing, often used to reflect diverse personal relationships alongside emojis like 👩❤️👨 or 🧑🤝🧑.
History
While the basic 'holding hands' emoji has existed since the early days of Unicode, the ability to select specific skin tones for individuals in the pair was introduced in Unicode 12.0 in 2019. This update was a major move to make digital communication more inclusive by allowing users to accurately represent their own real-life partnerships.
Details
Glyph
👩🏻🤝👨🏽
Unicode
U+1F469 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f469_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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