This emoji is the internet’s way of saying: two humans, one squad. It shows a pair of people—one with light skin tone, one with dark—standing side by side and holding hands, signaling friendship, romance, solidarity, or that “we move as a unit” energy. It’s common in captions for soft-launching a relationship, celebrating bestie bonds, or posting about allyship and inclusivity. You’ll also see it in Pride posts, community events, and any moment that calls for a visual hug across differences.
Online, it’s versatile: sweet when you’re pairing up with your favorite person, and very meme-able when you’re “holding hands with chaos,” “me + coffee walking into Monday,” or “me and my consequences.” It can be flirty in texts, wholesome on family posts, or ironic when you’re playfully committing to a bad idea with a friend. Real-world vibes include strolls, date nights, concert buddies, protest lines, and that classic “don’t leave me!” group chat moment.
On Apple/iOS, the design shows two gender-neutral, full-body figures with simple, calm smiles, bright solid-color tops (often blue and orange/purple tones), jeans, and sneaker-y shoes, hands clasped neatly in the middle. The style is clean and flat with minimal shading, crisp outlines, and that instantly recognizable side-by-side stance—left person light-skinned, right person dark-skinned—radiating friendly, inclusive energy.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2480 of 2393 |
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| 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 |
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| 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, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D1, U+1F3FB, U+200D, U+1F91D, U+200D, U+1F9D1, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129489, 127995, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127999 | 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 0xBF |
| 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 BF |
| 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, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDD1, 0xD83C 0xDFFB, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDD1D, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDD1, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd1, d83cdffb, 200d, d83edd1d, 200d, d83eddd1, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56785, 55356 57339, 8205, 55358 56605, 8205, 55358 56785, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FB 0x0000200D 0x0001F91D 0x0000200D 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D1, 01F3FB, 200D, 01F91D, 200D, 01F9D1, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129489, 127995, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FB\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FF" |
| 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\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFB\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFF" |
