Men holding hands: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two men with medium-dark skin tones standing side-by-side while holding hands. The figures are rendered with simple, bold lines to clearly convey the connection between them.

Usage Context

Used to represent friendship, brotherhood, or a romantic relationship between two men. People frequently use it to celebrate relationships, express support for LGBTQ+ identity, or highlight a close bond similar to 👯 or 👫.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard as part of a push for greater inclusivity in digital communication. It builds upon the earlier, more generic gender-neutral versions of the holding hands emoji by allowing users to specify gender and skin tone combinations for more personalized representation.

Details

Glyph

👬🏾

Unicode

U+1F46C U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46c_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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