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 ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐ฉ or ๐ฏโโ๏ธ 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
๐ญ๐พ
Unicode
U+1F46D U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f46d_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.