Men holding hands: medium-dark skin tone, light skin tone Emoji

People

Two men standing side-by-side with their hands joined in a clasp. The first man is depicted with a medium-dark skin tone, while the second displays a light skin tone. This emoji shows a clear bridge between different ethnic backgrounds.

Usage Context

Used to showcase brotherhood, romantic partnerships, or platonic friendships between men. It is the go-to choice for celebrating diverse relationships or identifying as a couple. Users often pair this with ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize connection and solidarity.

History

Part of the Emoji 12.0 update released in 2019, this sequence was designed to expand inclusivity by allowing users to represent specific skin-tone combinations. It was a massive leap forward from the older, rigid emoji sets that lacked the ability to reflect the reality of modern, diverse relationships.

Details

Glyph

👨🏾‍🤝‍👨🏻

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory family

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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