Handshake: dark skin tone, light skin tone Emoji

People

A representation of a two-person handshake where one hand features a dark skin tone and the other features a light skin tone. This image signifies a connection, agreement, or a formal meeting between two distinct individuals.

Usage Context

Used to confirm a deal, celebrate a partnership, or show solidarity between people of different backgrounds. It is frequently sent after finalizing plans, settling a debate, or welcoming a new person to a group, often appearing alongside emojis like 🤝 or 🎉.

History

Handshake variants were expanded in Unicode 14.0 (2021) to include multi-skin tone combinations. This addition was part of a larger technical push to make digital communication more inclusive, allowing users to better reflect the diversity of real-world interpersonal interactions.

Details

Glyph

🫱🏿‍🫲🏻

Unicode

U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf1_1f3ff_200d_1faf2_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDEF2;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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

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