Woman and man holding hands: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A pair consisting of a man and a woman standing side by side, both depicted with medium skin tones, while holding hands. The figures are generic, gendered representations designed to show partnership or close social bonds.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent a romantic couple, a date, or close friendship. It is often sent to describe a night out with a significant other or to celebrate a relationship milestone. It pairs well with other relationship icons like 👩‍❤️‍👨 or the simple heart ❤️.

History

This emoji originated as a gendered pair in early Japanese mobile carrier sets. It was formally adopted into the Unicode standard in 2010. Over time, it has been updated to support diverse skin tone modifiers, allowing for more accurate representation of different couples globally.

Details

Glyph

👫🏽

Unicode

U+1F46B U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46b_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6B;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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