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

People

Two people standing side-by-side while holding hands. This version specifically displays one individual with medium-dark skin and the other with light skin, showing a mix of tones within a single icon.

Usage Context

Used to represent companionship, romance, or a close bond between two people of different backgrounds. It is frequently sent to show support for a relationship or simply to signal friendship, often alongside ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize connection.

History

These multi-skin-tone combinations were introduced in Unicode 12.0 in 2019. They represent a significant expansion of emoji technology, moving away from single-color figures to allow users to represent diverse, real-world pairings and relationships more accurately.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏻

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f9d1_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

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

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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