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

People

A pair of figures, one representing a man and one representing a woman, standing side-by-side while holding hands. The figures are depicted with medium-light skin tones, representing a specific point on the Fitzpatrick scale.

Usage Context

Used to signal a romantic relationship, a platonic friendship, or a night out with a partner. It is frequently sent to announce a new relationship or to show solidarity with a friend. People often use this alongside ❤️ for dating or 👯 when referring to close companions.

History

While the base holding hands emoji has been part of the Unicode standard since 2010, the ability to apply specific skin tones to individual figures arrived later with the expansion of skin tone modifiers in 2015. This update was a major move to make digital communication feel more personal and representative of the real world.

Details

Glyph

👫🏼

Unicode

U+1F46B U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46b_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6B;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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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