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

People

Two men standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together. The figure on the left has a medium-light skin tone, while the figure on the right has a dark skin tone.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to show friendship, romantic partnerships, or brotherhood. It often signals a strong bond between two people, whether they are best friends, a committed couple, or family members. It is a popular way to represent inclusivity in relationships, often used alongside 👩‍🤝‍👩 or 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 to highlight diverse pairings.

History

These hand-holding emojis were added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of a push for greater representation in digital communication. By allowing users to select individual skin tones for each figure, the update moved away from generic icons to better reflect the diverse nature of real-world human relationships.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏿

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

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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