This duo says “we’ve got each other” without typing a whole paragraph. It’s the people holding hands emoji with a light skin tone on one person and a medium-light skin tone on the other, a small-but-mighty nod to inclusivity, friendship, and everyday solidarity. In chats it covers everything from bestie energy and couple vibes to a buddy system for chaotic errands—think, “bathroom break together?” or “we’re walking into Monday holding hands.” It also pops up in activist posts and community updates as a friendly, human-scale symbol of unity.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll see two gender‑neutral figures standing front-facing, feet planted, soft smiles on round, cleanly shaded faces. Their inner hands meet in the center with a simple clasp, arms angled down in that relaxed, picture-day pose. Expect Apple’s signature bright shirts and darker pants, minimal outlines, and smooth gradients that make them look cheerful but not cartoony. With the mixed skin tones, it reads immediately as “together across differences,” whether you’re soft‑launching a relationship, celebrating a new friendship, or ironically captioning “teamwork” after a group project you carried.
Meme-wise, it plays well with sarcasm: “Us holding hands on the way to cause zero drama (lies).” It’s also a cute, low-key flirt—drop it after “walk me home?”—or a wholesome closer for event invites, family plans, or “we outside” updates. When you want a gentle, non-cringe way to say “I’m with you,” this is the hand-hold that never gets awkward.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2482 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🧑🏻🤝🧑🏼 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 7 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🧑🏻🤝🧑🏼 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🧑 🏻 ‍ 🤝 ‍ 🧑 🏼 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🧑 🏻 ‍ 🤝 ‍ 🧑 🏼 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f9d1, 1f3fb, 200d, 1f91d, 200d, 1f9d1, 1f3fc |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D1, U+1F3FB, U+200D, U+1F91D, U+200D, U+1F9D1, U+1F3FC |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129489, 127995, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127996 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x91, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBB, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0x9D, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x91, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBC |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A7 91, F0 9F 8F BB, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A4 9D, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A7 91, F0 9F 8F BC |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 247 221, 360 237 217 273, 342 200 215, 360 237 244 235, 342 200 215, 360 237 247 221, 360 237 217 274 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDD1, 0xD83C 0xDFFB, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDD1D, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDD1, 0xD83C 0xDFFC |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd1, d83cdffb, 200d, d83edd1d, 200d, d83eddd1, d83cdffc |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56785, 55356 57339, 8205, 55358 56605, 8205, 55358 56785, 55356 57340 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FB 0x0000200D 0x0001F91D 0x0000200D 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FC |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D1, 01F3FB, 200D, 01F91D, 200D, 01F9D1, 01F3FC |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129489, 127995, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127996 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FB\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FC" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x91\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbb\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa4\x9d\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa7\x91\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbc" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFB\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFC" |