People holding hands Emoji

People

Two gender-neutral figures standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together. The design features a simple, clean look that focuses on the act of connection rather than specific identity markers.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent friendship, partnership, support, or solidarity. It is frequently sent to show companionship, like when friends plan a meetup or a couple celebrates an anniversary. It often appears alongside other connection-based emojis like 🤝 or 🫂.

History

This version of the emoji was added in Unicode 11.0 in 2018. It was part of a major effort by the Unicode Consortium to increase the inclusivity of the emoji keyboard by providing versions of human figures that do not force a specific gender presentation, allowing for broader representation of all types of interpersonal relationships.

Details

Glyph

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f91d_200d_1f9d1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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