Handshake: medium skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands of a medium skin tone joined together in a firm grasp. The hands are positioned at a slight angle, indicating the common human gesture of a greeting, a finalized deal, or a sign of mutual respect.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal that a deal has been struck, a compromise has been reached, or that two parties are in total agreement. It is often sent after a negotiation is settled or to show solidarity with a partner. You might see it used alongside ✅ to confirm a task is complete or 🤝 in its default tone to represent general unity.

History

The original handshake emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016. In 2021, Unicode updated the emoji to allow for multi-skin tone combinations, acknowledging that handshakes occur between people of different backgrounds and identities, finally allowing the icon to reflect diverse interpersonal connections.

Details

Glyph

🤝🏽

Unicode

U+1F91D U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f91d_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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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