Men wrestling: medium skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two men engaged in a grappling match, depicted with a medium skin tone for one figure and a dark skin tone for the other. The glyph shows them locked in a wrestling hold, capturing the physical intensity of the sport.

Usage Context

Used to discuss professional wrestling, amateur tournament sports, or any competitive struggle. It is frequently sent during high-stakes athletic events or when someone is joking about a 'tussle' with friends. It pairs well with sports-related icons like 🥊 or 🏆.

History

This emoji was added in Emoji 15.0 in 2022 to increase the representation of diverse athletes in digital communication. The complex skin tone combination uses the Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequence to merge two distinct person emojis into a single collaborative animation.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍🫯‍👨🏿

Unicode

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

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1faef_200d_1f468_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#xD83E;&#xDEEF;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

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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