The people holding hands: medium-light skin tone, dark skin tone emoji is the digital buddy system: two folks side-by-side, fingers linked, radiating “we’ve got each other” energy. It signals friendship, romance, allyship, teamwork, or a simple “we’re in this together” across different skin tones—great for celebrating diversity or soft-launching a relationship. On socials it rides with captions like “bestie goals,” “power duo unlocked,” or the chaotic “hold my hand, we ball.” You’ll see it under collab posts, group projects, protest updates, or when fans are shipping two characters who finally brushed hands in episode nine. Used ironically, it can mean “I barely agree with you but let’s pretend for the timeline,” or poke fun at cursed brand mashups (“Doritos x toothpaste, holding hands”).
On Apple devices, the figures are gender‑neutral and front‑facing with calm, neutral smiles, bright contrasting shirts and pants, and simple sneakers, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with arms angled down so the joined hands meet at center. In this variant, one person shows a medium‑light complexion and the other a dark complexion on the face and hands, a clear visual nod to inclusivity with no heart icon to force a romance read. The styling is clean and slightly shaded—the familiar SF Emoji look—making it easy to spot next to the more specific 👭 or 👬. Compared to 🤝 Handshake, this reads as human connection rather than business; compared to 💑 Couple with Heart, it stays platonic unless your caption says otherwise. Expect it in texts like “buddy system to the bar?”, “lab partners unite,” or your mom’s nostalgic “hold hands crossing the street” message.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2479 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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| Keywords |
| 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, 1f3fc, 200d, 1f91d, 200d, 1f9d1, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D1, U+1F3FC, U+200D, U+1F91D, U+200D, U+1F9D1, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129489, 127996, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x91, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBC, 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 BC, 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, 360 237 217 274, 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 0xDFFC, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDD1D, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDD1, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd1, d83cdffc, 200d, d83edd1d, 200d, d83eddd1, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56785, 55356 57340, 8205, 55358 56605, 8205, 55358 56785, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FC 0x0000200D 0x0001F91D 0x0000200D 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D1, 01F3FC, 200D, 01F91D, 200D, 01F9D1, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129489, 127996, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FC\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x91\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbc\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\uDFFC\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFF" |
