# 🤝🏻 Handshake emoji: light skin tone

🤝🏻 is the handshake emoji (🤝) with light skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021.

- Emoji: 🤝🏻
- Unicode name: handshake: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F91D U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Two hands
- Added: Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- Base emoji: [🤝 Handshake](https://emojichart.com/handshake-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/handshake-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Two hands clasped in a handshake. Agreement, a deal, partnership, greeting and respect all ride on it. It marks business deals, meeting someone, making peace, or confirming 'we have a deal'.

## Other skin tones

- 🤝 [Handshake](https://emojichart.com/handshake-emoji.md)
- 🤝🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91D U+1F3FC
- 🤝🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91D U+1F3FD
- 🤝🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91D U+1F3FE
- 🤝🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91D U+1F3FF
- 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 [Light skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-light-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC
- 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 [Light skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-light-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD
- 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 [Light skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-light-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE
- 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 [Light skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-light-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
- 🫱🏼‍🫲🏻 [Medium-light skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-light-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB
- 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 [Medium-light skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-light-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD
- 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 [Medium-light skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-light-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE
- 🫱🏼‍🫲🏿 [Medium-light skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-light-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
- 🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 [Medium skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB
- 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼 [Medium skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC
- 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 [Medium skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE
- 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 [Medium skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
- 🫱🏾‍🫲🏻 [Medium-dark skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-dark-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB
- 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 [Medium-dark skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-dark-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC
- 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 [Medium-dark skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-dark-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD
- 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 [Medium-dark skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-dark-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
- 🫱🏿‍🫲🏻 [Dark skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-dark-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FB
- 🫱🏿‍🫲🏼 [Dark skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-dark-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FC
- 🫱🏿‍🫲🏽 [Dark skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-dark-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FD
- 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾 [Dark skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-dark-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1FAF1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE

## What it's made of

🤝🏻 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤝 [Handshake](https://emojichart.com/handshake-emoji.md) (U+1F91D)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type 🤝🏻

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “handshake”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | apretón de manos: tono de piel claro | acuerdo, apretón, apretón de manos, manos, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | poignée de main : peau claire | d’accord, main, mains, marché conclu, peau claire, poignée, poignée de main, présentation, rencontre, serrer la main |
| Deutsch (de) | Handschlag: helle Hautfarbe | Hände, Händeschütteln, Handschlag, helle Hautfarbe, Vereinbarung |
| Italiano (it) | stretta di mano: carnagione chiara | affare fatto, carnagione chiara, conoscere, d’accordo, mani che si stringono, ok, patto, piacere, presentarsi, presentazione, promessa, stretta di mano, stringersi la mano |
| Português (pt) | aperto de mãos: pele clara | aperto, aperto de mãos, combinado, cumprimento, mãos, pele clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | handdruk: lichte huidskleur | deal, hand, handdruk, lichte huidskleur, overeenkomst, schudden, vergadering |
| Svenska (sv) | handskakning: ljus hy | avtal, hand, handskakning, ljus hy, möte |
| Polski (pl) | uścisk dłoni: karnacja jasna | cześć, dłonie, karnacja jasna, powitanie, ręce, ręka, spotkanie, tak, uścisk, uścisk dłoni, zgoda |
| Türkçe (tr) | el sıkışma: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, anlaşma, el, el sıkışma, sallama, toplantı |
| Русский (ru) | рукопожатие: очень светлый тон кожи | встреча, договорились, очень светлый тон кожи, руки, рукопожатие, согласие, соглашение |
| Українська (uk) | рукостискання: світлий тон шкіри | домовилися, згода, по руках, потискання, руки, рукостискання, світлий тон шкіри |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χειραψία: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, συμφωνία, σύμφωνοι, συνάντηση, σφίγγω, χειραψία, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | مصافحة: بشرة بلون فاتح | اتفاق, اجتماع, بشرة بلون فاتح, صفقة, مصافحة, يد |
| עברית (he) | לחיצת יד: גוון עור בהיר | גוון עור בהיר, הסכם, לחיצת יד, עסקה, פגישה |
| فارسی (fa) | دست دادن: پوست سفید | پوست سفید, دست, دست دادن, قرار, قرار کاری, قول, ملاقات, موافق |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथ मिलाना: गोरी त्वचा | गोरी त्वचा, मिलाना, मीटिंग, समझौता, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | করমর্দন: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | করমর্দন, মিট করা, রাজি, হাত, হাত মেলানো, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | jabat tangan: warna kulit cerah | jabat tangan, kenalan, pertemuan, salaman, sepakat, setuju, tangan, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bắt tay: màu da sáng | bắt tay, đồng ý, gặp mặt, màu da sáng, rung, tay |
| ไทย (th) | จับมือ: โทนผิวสีขาว | คืนดี, จับมือ, เชคแฮนด์, ตกลง, โทนผิวสีขาว, ประชุม, ร่วมงาน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 握手: 薄い肌色 | よろしく, 合意, 契約成立, 手, 握手, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 악수: 하얀 피부 | 거래, 미팅, 손, 악수, 하얀 피부, 합의, 회의 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 握手: 较浅肤色 | 一言为定, 会面, 协议, 君子协定, 握手, 较浅肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 握手：白皮膚 | 成交, 手, 握, 握手, 白皮膚, 講定 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): handskud: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsamkyea: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): shtrëngim duarsh: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): እጅ መጨባበጥ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): ձեռքսեղմում․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): কৰমৰ্দন: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): salamlaşmaq: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул бирешеү: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): esku-ematea: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): поціск рук: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): rukovanje: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): ръкостискане: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက် − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): poignée de main : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 握手: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 握手: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): encaixada de mans: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᏲᎵᎲᎢ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): алӑ тытни: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): rukovanje: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): stisk rukou: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): håndtryk: lys teint
- Estonian (et): käepigistus: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): aperto de mão: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): lógvatak: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): pagkakamay: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kädenpuristus: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): aperta de mans: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ჩამორთმევა: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): હાથ મિલાવવો: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): musafiha: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): handshake: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): kézfogás: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): handaband: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nkwenaka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): croitheadh lámh: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): salaman: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): amsalem: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಹಸ್ತಲಾಘವ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қол алысу: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول الىسۋ: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ចាប់ដៃ: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gusuhuzanya: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): शेकहँड: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол алышуу: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Uk’ulaxik Q’ab’aj: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຈັບມື: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): rokasspiediens: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): toccata de man: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): rankos paspaudimas: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pódaśe ruki: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Handdrock: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): ракување: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): berjabat tangan: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): ഹസ്തദാനം: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): ħu bl-idejn: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): हस्तांदोलन: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): гар барилт: цайвар
- Māori (mi): rūrū: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): हात मिलाउने कार्य: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hándshek: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): tumedišo ka letsogo: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): håndhilse: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): handhelse: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka fuudhuu: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): د لاس روغبړ: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ-ਮਿਲਾਉਣਾ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ ملانا: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): pipuyasqa makikunapura: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): strângere de mână: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dar il maun: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): crathadh-làimhe: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): руковање: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): руковање: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rukovanje: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): rukovanje: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ယိပ်းမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): هٿ ملائڻ: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): අතට අත දීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): potrasenie rukami: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): rokovanje: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan-qaadka salaanta: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): kusalimiana: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): дастфишӯрӣ: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கைகுலுக்கல்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): కరచాలనం: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ምጭብባጥ ኢድ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): lulululu: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): tshwarano ka letsogo: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): el gysyşmak: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zawdaće ruki: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): ہاتھ ملانا: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قول قىسىش: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): qo‘l siqish: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): ysgwyd dwylo: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): joxante loxo: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): ukubamba isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ìbọwọ́: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ìbɔwɔ́: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): xhawula: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F91D U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `🤝🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F91D\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F91D}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F91D\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 9D F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD1D D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%9D%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does 🤝🏻 mean?

Two hands clasped in a handshake. Agreement, a deal, partnership, greeting and respect all ride on it. It marks business deals, meeting someone, making peace, or confirming 'we have a deal'. 🤝🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤝🏻 and 🤝?

🤝🏻 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with light skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F91D U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 🤝🏻?

Find 🤝 in your emoji keyboard by searching “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🤝🏻?

U+1F91D U+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 🤝🏻

### When was 🤝🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/handshake-light-skin-tone-emoji