Woman and man holding hands: dark skin tone, medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A pair of figures, one woman and one man, facing forward with their hands clasped together. This version specifically displays the woman with dark skin and the man with medium-dark skin, reflecting an inclusive update to the standard couple emoji.

Usage Context

Used to denote romantic relationships, long-term partnerships, or close platonic bonds. It is frequently sent to show solidarity, commemorate an anniversary, or celebrate a specific pairing of people. It is often used alongside emojis like ❤️ or 🤝 to emphasize commitment or friendship.

History

These skin tone variants were introduced as part of Emoji 12.0 in 2019. This release was a significant technical shift for the Unicode Consortium, which had to develop complex ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequences to allow users to combine different skin tones into a single, cohesive character, moving away from the previously limited yellow-only defaults.

Details

Glyph

👩🏿‍🤝‍👨🏾

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3ff_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDD1D;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#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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