Handshake: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands gripping each other in a firm handshake, rendered with a medium-light skin tone. This depicts the classic gesture of greeting, closing a deal, or showing mutual respect between two parties.

Usage Context

Used to confirm a plan, finalize a business transaction, or signify a compromise. It is frequently sent after a successful negotiation or to express solidarity with someone, often acting as a friendly alternative to the 👍 or 🤝 base emoji when a specific skin tone is preferred for personal identification.

History

The handshake emoji was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. The ability to apply skin tone modifiers to the handshake was added in Unicode 14.0 in 2021, addressing a long-standing user request to allow for more inclusive and representative gestures in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🤝🏼

Unicode

U+1F91D U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f91d_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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