Women holding hands: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two women holding hands, rendered here with a medium-dark skin tone for both figures. The design shows them standing side-by-side with their fingers locked, representing a close personal connection.

Usage Context

This emoji is a go-to for highlighting female friendships, sisterhood, or romantic partnerships. It is frequently sent to show solidarity, support, or to announce that you are heading out with a best friend. It often appears alongside 👩‍❤️‍👩 or 👯‍♀️ to emphasize a social outing or a strong bond between two people.

History

While the base image of two women holding hands has been part of the Unicode standard for years, the ability to apply specific skin tones was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. This update was a major push to make digital representation more inclusive and reflective of the diverse range of real-world human relationships.

Details

Glyph

👭🏾

Unicode

U+1F46D U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46d_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6D;&#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

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