The woman and man holding hands emoji is the classic duo energy: two humans, one vibe, strolling through life together. People drop it to signal couple status, date-night plans, or a wholesome “we made it through IKEA without fighting” victory lap. It also works platonically—besties linking up, teammates in sync, or a united front when you and your coworker are about to present the slides neither of you finished.
Online, it’s a soft-launch champion: pair this with a cropped photo of intertwined hands and—boom—Instagram whispers. In texts, it can be flirty (“walk me out?”), dramatic (“me and my last two brain cells”), or sarcastic (“me and bad decisions, holding hands like always”). Memers use it to ship characters, announce third-wheeling trauma, or caption that rom-com-level stroll to the boba shop.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll see a front-facing woman and man with simple smiles, minimal shading, and hands linked in the center—no heart floating above, no kiss, just pure hand-holding. Clothing is bright and clean-lined: the woman is often in a pink or magenta top with a skirt, the man in a blue top with jeans, giving friendly, approachable vibes. Skin tones can be customized on many platforms, and some support mix-and-match tones for each person. Not to be confused with the couple with heart or the gender-neutral people holding hands—this one is the gendered, no-heart, straight-on snapshot of togetherness.
Definition
An obviously Japanese (and heterosexual) couple walking together. Probably strolling in the park. She is wearing a fashionable orange dress he is wearing a blue shirt and dark kakis. iEmoji old name: A Couple Walking Together.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
967 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:couple:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Man and Woman Holding Hands
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Portrait and Role Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Portrait and Role Symbols
Names & Annotations
MAN AND WOMAN HOLDING HANDS Old name: COUPLE Temporary Notes: A couple holding hands
Symbol Information
U+1F46B proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1A0
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[カップル]
KDDI
[カップル]
Softbank
#279 #old387 カップル 「katsupuru」 U+E428 SJIS-FB68
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e428
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E428
Decimal Code Point(s)
58408
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x90 0xA8
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 90 A8
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 220 250
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE428
UTF-16 Hex
e428
UTF-16 Dec
58408
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E428
UTF-32 Hex
E428
UTF-32 Dec
58408
Python Src
u"\uE428"
PHP Src
"\xee\x90\xa8"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE428"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
👫
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
👫
Decimal HTML Entity
👫
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
👫
Hex Code Point(s)
1f46b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F46B
Decimal Code Point(s)
128107
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xAB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 AB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 253
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC6B
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc6b
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56427
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F46B
UTF-32 Hex
01F46B
UTF-32 Dec
128107
Python Src
u"\U0001F46B"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\xab"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC6B"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
