Woman and man holding hands: medium-dark skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A composite image featuring a woman with medium-dark skin and a man with medium-light skin, standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together. The design uses a joiner character to link two individual person emojis into a single connected unit.

Usage Context

This emoji is a go-to for showing romantic relationships, platonic friendship, or partnerships. It is frequently used to announce a relationship status, describe a night out with a ๐Ÿ‘ซ or ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ, or celebrate a supportive bond between two people.

History

This emoji was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences in Unicode 9.0, released in 2016. This technology allowed developers to combine existing character sets to create specific skin tone combinations, moving beyond the limited set of pre-rendered figures previously available.

Details

Glyph
๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผ
Unicode
U+1F469 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f469_1f3fe_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
Tags
baebestiebffcoupledatingflirtfriendshandholdmanwomanrelationshippartnershipdiversityinterracial

Microsoft Fluent License

Emoji graphics by Microsoft. ยฉ Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.

Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assetsโ€”such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarksโ€”are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.