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

People

An image showing a woman and a man holding hands, displayed with a medium-dark skin tone for the woman and a medium skin tone for the man. They are linked together by a small shaking hands icon in the center, signifying a partnership or connection between two distinct individuals.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to represent romantic relationships, dating, or close friendships. It serves as a visual shorthand for being together or 'making it official.' It is often used alongside hearts like ❤️ or 💕 to convey affection or to celebrate a couple's milestones.

History

This emoji was created using the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which combines the individual woman and man emojis with the handshake icon. This technology was developed to allow for more diverse and inclusive representations of human connections, moving beyond the static, generic characters originally available in early versions of Unicode.

Details

Glyph

👩🏾‍🤝‍👨🏽

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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