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

People

Two men standing side by side, holding hands. The first man has a medium skin tone, and the second man has a dark skin tone. The design features a translucent vertical line connecting the two, representing a single unit.

Usage Context

Used to represent romantic relationships, close friendships, or platonic camaraderie between men. It is a popular choice for expressing solidarity or affection, often appearing alongside emojis like ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize a strong bond between two people.

History

This emoji was added as part of the Emoji 12.0 update in 2019. It was introduced to address the growing demand for more diverse and inclusive representation of same-sex couples and male friendships, building on the framework established by earlier, less customizable versions of people-holding-hands emojis.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏿

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#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

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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