People holding hands: light skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

Two people standing side-by-side while holding hands, rendered here with a light skin tone and a medium-light skin tone. The figures are gender-neutral in design, representing a bridge between different skin tones through an act of connection.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to celebrate friendships, romantic relationships, or support between diverse individuals. It is often sent to highlight solidarity or a close bond, frequently appearing alongside heart emojis like ❤️ or 💕 to express affection or togetherness.

History

The base 'people holding hands' emoji was added to Unicode in 2010, but the ability to customize skin tones for each figure was introduced in 2019. This update was a major step in mobile messaging, allowing users to accurately reflect their own personal relationships and identities in digital conversations.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏼

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fb_200d_1f91d_200d_1f9d1_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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