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Handshake: light skin tone

Handshake: light skin tone Emoji

People

A pair of hands gripped together in a firm clasp, rendered with a light skin tone. It portrays the physical act of shaking hands to solidify a pact or greet someone.

Usage Context

Used to signal that a deal has been struck, a compromise has been reached, or a successful partnership has begun. It serves as a digital way to seal an agreement or show solidarity. People often use it alongside 🤝 or ✅ to confirm that a project is officially a go.

History

Handshake emojis became a staple of modern communication as a way to simulate professional human interaction in chat windows. This specific skin-tone variant was added in 2017 with Unicode 10.0, allowing users to better represent their own identity during negotiations and greetings.

Details

Glyph
🤝🏻
Unicode
U+1F91D U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f91d_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
agreementdealhandmeetingshakehandshakepartnershipcontractcooperationhellobusiness

Twemoji Attribution

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

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