A wholesome duo with linked hands, this variant pairs a medium skin tone with a dark skin tone—aka unity you can text. It’s the go-to for besties, partners, siblings, or coworkers showing “we’re in this together,” whether that’s date night, protest lines, or surviving yet another chaotic group project. People drop it to signal solidarity and inclusivity, or to soft-launch a relationship without going full heart-eyes—subtle, but not silent. It can also be delightfully dramatic or ironic: “Team-building retreat 😐” followed by this emoji says everything without a PowerPoint.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll see two gender-neutral figures standing side-by-side, front-facing, with small, friendly facial features and rounded silhouettes. Their clasped hands are unmistakable at the center, with bright, flat-ish colors on the clothes and gentle gradients that give it that polished Apple sheen. The medium and dark skin tones are clearly distinct, and the pose is symmetrical and steady—no extra props, just classic hand-in-hand vibes. It reads as both PG-flirty and super-platonic, depending on the caption—think “walk me home?” or “ride-or-die, but make it daylight.”
Online, it’s used for “we’re a package deal,” meetup confirmations, and that meme where hand-holding is jokingly treated like scandal-level intimacy. You’ll also see it in allyship posts, friendship anniversaries, and “entering the function like—” jokes. When someone pairs it with skulls or side-eye, it flips to sarcasm fast: “Assigned partners again ☠️🤝.”
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3358 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, 1f3fd, 200d, 1f91d, 200d, 1f9d1, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D1, U+1F3FD, U+200D, U+1F91D, U+200D, U+1F9D1, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129489, 127997, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x91, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD, 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 BD, 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, 360 237 217 275, 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 0xDFFD, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDD1D, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDD1, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd1, d83cdffd, 200d, d83edd1d, 200d, d83eddd1, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56785, 55356 57341, 8205, 55358 56605, 8205, 55358 56785, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FD 0x0000200D 0x0001F91D 0x0000200D 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D1, 01F3FD, 200D, 01F91D, 200D, 01F9D1, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129489, 127997, 8205, 129309, 8205, 129489, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FD\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x91\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd\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\uDFFD\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFF" |
