Men Holding Hands is the emoji equivalent of “we’re in this together,” whether that’s literal couple energy, ride-or-die friendship, or proud parade strutting. People drop it to signal a relationship status update without a whole Notes app essay, to hype a bromance, or to caption that moment when two dudes realize they both love the same niche video game soundtrack. It shows up in Pride Month posts, travel selfies, and wholesome “walked grandpa to the café” stories—then flips to irony when someone says, “We’re going to the bathroom as a team,” and this emoji appears like a buddy system badge. In stan culture, you’ll see it when fans “ship” two male celebs or characters; in group chats, it reads as solidarity, gentle support, or the ultimate wingman move.
On Apple/iOS, the design features two male-presenting figures standing side-by-side, facing front with small, friendly smiles, their hands connected between them. They wear clean, solid-colored tees and jeans with tidy sneakers, classic Apple shading and a crisp, flat-ish look that feels instantly familiar in the Messages app. The default tone is the standard emoji yellow, but skin tone options are available, with newer sequences allowing mixed tones for each person. It’s visually simple, easy to spot at thumbnail size, and perfect for everything from “date night secured” to “no man left behind” meme captions.
Two men holding hands. The stereotype around men holding hands makes this emoji frequently used to represent a gay (homosexual) couple, but can also be used to represent friendship. Used in multiples, can represent a team or a gathering of good friends.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1053 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture |  |
| Twitter.com Picture |  |
| LG Emoji Picture |  |
| Samsung Emoji Picture |  |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture |  |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :two_men_holding_hands: |
| Keywords | Men, Gay, Homosexual, Friends, Hands, Holding, Team, Unity |
| Previous Names: | Two Men Holding Hands |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Portrait and Role Symbols |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 5 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👬 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👬 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👬 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👬 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f46c |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F46C |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128108 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xAC |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 AC |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 254 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC6C |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc6c |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56428 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F46C |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F46C |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128108 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F46C" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xac" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC6C" |
