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

People

A side-by-side depiction of a woman and a man holding hands, featuring medium-dark skin tones. The figures are rendered in a simple, neutral style intended to represent a pair of people in a platonic or romantic connection.

Usage Context

Widely used to denote a romantic relationship, a formal date, or a close friendship. It is frequently sent to confirm plans for a night out or to show support for a couple. Users often pair it with emojis like ❤️ for romance or 👯 when describing a night out with a close friend.

History

While the base emoji of a man and woman holding hands has been part of the Unicode standard since 2010, the ability to modify the skin tone was added in 2015 with Unicode 8.0. This change allowed for more inclusive representation, moving away from the default yellow figures toward a diverse range of skin tones.

Details

Glyph

👫🏾

Unicode

U+1F46B U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46b_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6B;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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

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