Two guys, two shades, one wholesome hand-hold. This emoji is a go-to for signaling a romantic relationship between men, celebrating queer love, or just showing tight-knit solidarity between buddies who’ve got each other’s backs. The mixed skin tones make it extra powerful for representing interracial couples or friendships—aka “love is love” but also “diversity, hello.” You’ll see it in soft-launch posts, Pride captions, and texts that basically say “me + him = team.”
On Apple/iOS, they’re full-body, front-facing, and unmistakably hand-in-hand: short hair, friendly expressions, blue and green shirts, jeans, and simple sneakers. The dark‑skinned guy stands next to the medium‑light‑skinned guy, with clean Apple gradients and that crisp, minimal style that screams iOS home screen aesthetic. It reads as calm, supportive, and very much “walking together into the timeline.”
Online, people use it earnestly for date nights, anniversaries, and engagement reveals—and playfully for “me and my bestie vs. the world” vibes. It can also go ironic or meme-y: pairing it with chaos (“me and my intrusive thoughts”) or as a tongue‑in‑cheek bro‑mance flourish. During Pride Month, it pops up everywhere, often side‑by‑side with rainbow hearts and couple selfies.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3411 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) | 1f468, 1f3ff, 200d, 1f91d, 200d, 1f468, 1f3fc |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F468, U+1F3FF, U+200D, U+1F91D, U+200D, U+1F468, U+1F3FC |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128104, 127999, 8205, 129309, 8205, 128104, 127996 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0x9D, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBC |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A8, F0 9F 8F BF, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A4 9D, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A8, F0 9F 8F BC |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 250, 360 237 217 277, 342 200 215, 360 237 244 235, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 250, 360 237 217 274 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0xD83C 0xDFFF, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDD1D, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0xD83C 0xDFFC |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc68, d83cdfff, 200d, d83edd1d, 200d, d83ddc68, d83cdffc |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56424, 55356 57343, 8205, 55358 56605, 8205, 55357 56424, 55356 57340 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F468 0x0001F3FF 0x0000200D 0x0001F91D 0x0000200D 0x0001F468 0x0001F3FC |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F468, 01F3FF, 200D, 01F91D, 200D, 01F468, 01F3FC |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128104, 127999, 8205, 129309, 8205, 128104, 127996 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F468\U0001F3FF\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F468\U0001F3FC" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa4\x9d\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbc" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C\uDFFF\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C\uDFFC" |
