People holding hands: medium-dark skin tone, medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two people standing side-by-side with their hands clasped together, both represented with a medium-dark skin tone. The figures are gender-neutral, focusing on the act of connection rather than specific identity.

Usage Context

Used to showcase solidarity, friendship, or romantic partnerships. It is a go-to for celebrating long-term relationships or simply showing support for a close companion. It pairs well with ❤️ to emphasize affection or 🤝 to highlight a formal agreement or partnership.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its arrival followed a massive push for broader skin tone modifiers across all human-figure emojis, allowing users to accurately represent their own relationships and social circles in digital messaging.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏾

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f9d1_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#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

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

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