# 🤝🏼 Handshake emoji: medium-light skin tone

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

- Emoji: 🤝🏼
- Unicode name: handshake: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F91D U+1F3FC
- Category: People & body, Two hands
- Added: Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- Base emoji: [🤝 Handshake](https://emojichart.com/handshake-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/handshake-medium-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)
- 🤝🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/handshake-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F91D U+1F3FB
- 🤝🏽 [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. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)

## How to type 🤝🏼

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “handshake”, then pick medium-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 medio | acuerdo, apretón, apretón de manos, manos, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | poignée de main : peau moyennement claire | d’accord, main, mains, marché conclu, peau moyennement claire, poignée, poignée de main, présentation, rencontre, serrer la main |
| Deutsch (de) | Handschlag: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Hände, Händeschütteln, Handschlag, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Vereinbarung |
| Italiano (it) | stretta di mano: carnagione abbastanza chiara | affare fatto, carnagione abbastanza 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 morena clara | aperto, aperto de mãos, combinado, cumprimento, mãos, pele morena clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | handdruk: lichtgetinte huidskleur | deal, hand, handdruk, lichtgetinte huidskleur, overeenkomst, schudden, vergadering |
| Svenska (sv) | handskakning: mellanljus hy | avtal, hand, handskakning, mellanljus hy, möte |
| Polski (pl) | uścisk dłoni: karnacja średnio jasna | cześć, dłonie, karnacja średnio jasna, powitanie, ręce, ręka, spotkanie, tak, uścisk, uścisk dłoni, zgoda |
| Türkçe (tr) | el sıkışma: orta açık cilt tonu | anlaşma, el, el sıkışma, orta açık cilt tonu, sallama, toplantı |
| Русский (ru) | рукопожатие: светлый тон кожи | встреча, договорились, руки, рукопожатие, светлый тон кожи, согласие, соглашение |
| Українська (uk) | рукостискання: помірно світлий тон шкіри | домовилися, згода, по руках, помірно світлий тон шкіри, потискання, руки, рукостискання |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χειραψία: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, συμφωνία, σύμφωνοι, συνάντηση, σφίγγω, χειραψία, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | مصافحة: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | اتفاق, اجتماع, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, صفقة, مصافحة, يد |
| עברית (he) | לחיצת יד: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | גוון עור בהיר בינוני, הסכם, לחיצת יד, עסקה, פגישה |
| فارسی (fa) | دست دادن: پوست روشن | پوست روشن, دست, دست دادن, قرار, قرار کاری, قول, ملاقات, موافق |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथ मिलाना: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | मिलाना, मीटिंग, समझौता, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | করমর্দন: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | করমর্দন, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মিট করা, রাজি, হাত, হাত মেলানো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | jabat tangan: warna kulit cerah-sedang | jabat tangan, kenalan, pertemuan, salaman, sepakat, setuju, tangan, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bắt tay: màu da sáng trung bình | bắt tay, đồng ý, gặp mặt, màu da sáng trung bình, rung, tay |
| ไทย (th) | จับมือ: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | คืนดี, จับมือ, เชคแฮนด์, ตกลง, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ประชุม, ร่วมงาน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 握手: やや薄い肌色 | やや薄い肌色, よろしく, 合意, 契約成立, 手, 握手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 악수: 연한 갈색 피부 | 거래, 미팅, 손, 악수, 연한 갈색 피부, 합의, 회의 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 握手: 中等-浅肤色 | 一言为定, 中等-浅肤色, 会面, 协议, 君子协定, 握手 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 握手：黃皮膚 | 成交, 手, 握, 握手, 講定, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): handskud: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsamkyea: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): shtrëngim duarsh: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): እጅ መጨባበጥ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): ձեռքսեղմում․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): কৰমৰ্দন: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): salamlaşmaq: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул бирешеү: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): esku-ematea: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): поціск рук: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): rukovanje: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): ръкостискане: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက် − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): poignée de main : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 握手: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 握手: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): encaixada de mans: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᏲᎵᎲᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): алӑ тытни: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): rukovanje: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): stisk rukou: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): håndtryk: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): käepigistus: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): aperto de mão: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): lógvatak: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): pagkakamay: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kädenpuristus: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): aperta de mans: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ჩამორთმევა: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): હાથ મિલાવવો: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): musafiha: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): handshake: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): kézfogás: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): handaband: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nkwenaka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): croitheadh lámh: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): salaman: kulit putih langsep
- Kabyle (kab): amsalem: tagwlimt taceɛlalt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಹಸ್ತಲಾಘವ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қол алысу: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قول الىسۋ: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): ចាប់ដៃ: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gusuhuzanya: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): शेकहँड: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол алышуу: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Uk’ulaxik Q’ab’aj: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຈັບມື: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): rokasspiediens: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): toccata de man: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): rankos paspaudimas: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pódaśe ruki: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Handdrock: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): ракување: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): berjabat tangan: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): ഹസ്തദാനം: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): ħu bl-idejn: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): हस्तांदोलन: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): гар барилт: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): rūrū: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): हात मिलाउने कार्य: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hándshek: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): tumedišo ka letsogo: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): håndhilse: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): handhelse: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): harka fuudhuu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): د لاس روغبړ: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ-ਮਿਲਾਉਣਾ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ ملانا: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): pipuyasqa makikunapura: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): strângere de mână: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dar il maun: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): crathadh-làimhe: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): руковање: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): руковање: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rukovanje: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): rukovanje: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ယိပ်းမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): هٿ ملائڻ: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): අතට අත දීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): potrasenie rukami: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): rokovanje: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan-qaadka salaanta: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): kusalimiana: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): дастфишӯрӣ: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கைகுலுக்கல்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): కరచాలనం: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ምጭብባጥ ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): lulululu: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): tshwarano ka letsogo: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): el gysyşmak: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zawdaće ruki: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): ہاتھ ملانا: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قول قىسىش: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): qo‘l siqish: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): ysgwyd dwylo: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): joxante loxo: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): ukubamba isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Ìbọwọ́: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ìbɔwɔ́: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): xhawula: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F91D U+1F3FC` |
| HTML | `🤝🏼` |
| CSS | `\1F91D\1F3FC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F91D}\u{1F3FC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F91D\U0001F3FC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 9D F0 9F 8F BC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD1D D83C DFFC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%9D%F0%9F%8F%BC` |

## 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 medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🤝🏼 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F91D U+1F3FC.

### How do I type 🤝🏼?

Find 🤝 in your emoji keyboard by searching “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose medium-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+1F3FC. 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-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji