🧑‍🤝‍🧑 People holding hands emoji: meaning, copy and paste, codes

Q: When was the 🧑🤝🧑 emoji added?

🧑🤝🧑 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

Q: Does 🧑🤝🧑 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧑🏻🤝🧑🏻 light, 🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 medium-light, 🧑🏽🤝🧑🏽 medium, 🧑🏾🤝🧑🏾 medium-dark and 🧑🏿🤝🧑🏿 dark. There are also 20 combinations with a different tone for each person.

How it looks

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

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Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

🧑PersonU+1F9D1
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
🤝HandshakeU+1F91D
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
🧑PersonU+1F9D1

How to type 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “people holding hands”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “people holding hands”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “people holding hands”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “people holding hands”.
GitHub: Type :people_holding_hands: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	dos personas de la mano	dos personas de la mano, mano, pareja, persona
Français	deux personnes se tenant la main	couple, couple homosexuel, deux personnes se tenant la main, gay, main, personne, personnes se tenant par la main, poignée de main, tenir la main
Deutsch	sich an den Händen haltende Personen	Händchen halten, Hände, Hände halten, Menschen, Paar, Pärchen, Personen, sich an den Händen haltende Personen
Italiano	persone che si tengono per mano	coppia, coppia che si tiene per mano, coppia per mano, insieme, mano nella mano, persona, persone che si tengono per mano, tenersi per mano, uniti
Português	pessoas de mãos dadas	amigos, casal, dadas, gêmeos, mãos, parceiros, parceria, pessoa
Nederlands	personen hand in hand	hand, hand in hand, handen vasthouden, koppeltje, paar, personen hand in hand, persoon, samen, stel, vasthouden
Svenska	personer som håller hand	håller hand, människor, par, personer som håller hand
Polski	osoby trzymające się za ręce	ludzie, osoby trzymające się za ręce, para, rękę, za ręce
Türkçe	el ele tutuşan insanlar	çift, el, el ele, el ele tutuşan insanlar, kişi, tutmak, tutuşan eller
Русский	люди, держащиеся за руки	держаться, держащиеся, друзья, лучшие, люди, пара, руки, семья
Українська	люди, що тримаються за руки	люди, люди, що тримаються за руки, людина, пара, рука, руки, тримати, тримаються, що тримаються за руки
Ελληνικά	άτομα πιασμένα χέρι-χέρι	άτομα, άτομα πιασμένα χέρι-χέρι, δίδυμοι, δύο άτομα πιασμένα χέρι-χέρι, ζευγάρι, κρατώ, πιασμένοι χέρι-χέρι, χέρι, χέρι-χέρι
العربية	أشخاص يمسكون بأيدي بعضهم	أخلاء, أشخاص, أصدقاء, أيدي, توأم, شخص, صداقة, ولدان, يد, يدان
עברית	אנשים מחזיקים ידיים	אנשים מחזיקים ידיים, זוג, יד, ידיים, מחזיקים ידיים, תאומים
فارسی	اشخاصی دست در دست هم	اشخاصی دست در دست هم, دست, دست در دست, زوج, شخص, نگهداشتن
हिन्दी	हाथ पकड़े हुए लोग	कपल, दोस्त, दोस्ती, पकड़ना, युगल, लोग, व्यक्ति, हाथ, हाथ पकड़े हुए, हाथ पकड़े हुए लोग, हाथों में हाथ
বাংলা	হাত ধরে থাকা লোকেরা	জোড়া, ধরে থাকা, মানুষ, যুগল, হাত, হাত ধরে থাকা, হাত ধরে থাকা লোকেরা
Bahasa Indonesia	orang bergandengan	bergandengan, gandeng, orang, pasangan, pegang tangan, tangan
Tiếng Việt	hai người nắm tay	cặp đôi, giữ, hai người nắm tay, nắm tay, người, người nắm tay, tay
ไทย	คนจับมือกัน	คน, คู่, จับมือ, จีบ, จูง, เดท, แฝด, เพื่อน, รัก
日本語	手をつなぐ2人	カップル, つなぐ, 人, 友達, 恋人, 手, 手をつなぐ, 手をつなぐ2人
한국어	손을 잡고 있는 두 명의 사람	사람, 손, 손을 잡고, 손을 잡고 있는 두 명의 사람, 커플
中文（简体）	手拉手的两个人	两个人手牵手, 人, 情侣, 手, 手拉手的两个人, 手牵手的人, 拉手, 握手, 牵手
中文（繁體）	握手的人	人, 情侶, 握手, 握手的人, 牽手, 牽手的人, 牽牽

Names in 87 more languages

Afrikaans	mense wat hande vashou
Akan	Nkurɔfoɔ asɔ nsam
Albanian	njerëz të kapur për duarsh
Amharic	ሰዎች እጅ ለእጅ ተያይዘው
Armenian	իրար ձեռք բռնած մարդիկ
Assamese	হাতে হাতে ধৰি থকা মানুহৰ ছবি
Azerbaijani	əl-ələ tutan adamlar
Bashkir	ҡул тотошҡан кешеләр
Basque	bi pertsona elkarri eskua ematen
Belarusian	людзі трымаюцца за рукі
Bosnian	ljudi se drže za ruke
Breton	tud dorn-ha-dorn
Bulgarian	хора, които се държат за ръце
Burmese	လက်ချင်းချိတ်ထားသူများ
Canadian French	personnes se tenant par la main
Cantonese	拖住嘅人
Catalan	persones que s’agafen de la mà
Cherokee	ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᏚᎾᏙᏯᏂᎠ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	拖手的人
Chuvash	алӑран тытнӑ ҫынсем
Croatian	osobe koje se drže za ruke
Czech	dva lidé držící se za ruce
Danish	personer hånd i hånd
Estonian	inimesed hoiavad käest kinni
Faroese	fólk leiðast
Filipino	mga taong magkahawak-kamay
Finnish	ihmiset käsi kädessä
Galician	persoas dándose a man
Georgian	ხელჩაკიდებული ხალხი
Gujarati	હાથ પકડેલા લોકો
Hausa	mutane masu rikon hannaye
Hindi (Latin)	haath pakde huye log
Hungarian	egymás kezét fogó emberek
Icelandic	fólk að leiðast
Igbo	ndị ji aka
Irish	daone a bhfuil greim láimhe acu ar a chéile
Javanese	wong gandhengan tangan
Kannada	ಕೈಹಿಡಿದಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳು
Kazakh	қолдарын көтеріп тұрған адамдар
Kazakh (Arabic)	قولدارىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ادامدار
Khmer	មនុស្សកាន់ដៃគ្នា
Konkani	एकमेकांचे हात धरिल्ले लोक
Kyrgyz	кол кармашкан адамдар
Lao	ຄົນຈັບມືກັນ
Latvian	cilvēki sadevušies rokās
Ligurian	doe persoñe che se tëgnan pe-a man
Lithuanian	rankomis susikibę žmonės
Lower Sorbian	se za ruku źaržecej wósobje
Macedonian	луѓе се држат за раце
Malay	orang berpegangan tangan
Malayalam	ആളുകൾ കൈകോർത്ത് പിടിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു
Marathi	हात धरलेले लोक
Mongolian	гар барилцаж буй хүмүүс
Nepali	हात समातिरहेका मान्छेहरू
Nigerian Pidgin	Pípul Wé Hól Hand
Norwegian	personer som leier
Norwegian Nynorsk	personar som leiar
Odia	ଲୋକମାନେ ହାତ ଧରାଧରି ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି
Oromo	namoota harka wal qabatan
Pashto	خلکو لاسونه نيولي
Punjabi	ਹੱਥ ਫੜਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਲੋਕ
Quechua	runakuna iskay makikunawan
Romanian	persoane ținându-se de mână
Romansh	persunas che tegnan il maun
Scottish Gaelic	daoine a’ glacadh air làmh a chèile
Serbian	особе се држе за руке
Serbian (Latin)	osobe se drže za ruke
Shan	ၵူၼ်းယိပ်းမိုဝ်းၵၼ်
Sindhi	هٿ جهليل ماڻهو
Sinhala	අත් අල්ලා ගෙන සිටින පුද්ගලයන්
Slovak	ľudia držiaci sa za ruky
Slovenian	osebi se držita za roke
Somali	dad gacmaha is haysta
Spanish (United States)	personas que se toman de la mano
Swahili	watu walioshikana mikono
Tamil	கை கோர்த்திருக்கும் மக்கள்
Telugu	చేతులు పట్టుకున్న వ్యక్తులు
Tigrinya	ሰባት ኢድ ንኢድ ተተሓሒዞም
Tongan	kakai fetakinima
Turkmen	el tutuşýan adamlar
Upper Sorbian	dwě wosobje dźeržitej so za ruku
Urdu	ہاتھ پکڑے ہوئے لوگ
Uzbek	qoʻl ushlashib turgan odamlar
Welsh	pobl yn dal dwylo
Yoruba	àwọn ènìyàn tó di ara wọn lọ́wọ́ mú
Yoruba (Benin)	àwɔn ènìyàn tó di ara wɔn lɔ́wɔ́ mú
Zulu	Abantu ababambene ngezandla

Codes

Code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1
HTML: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
CSS: \1F9D1\200D\1F91D\200D\1F9D1
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F91D}\u{200D}\u{1F9D1}
Python: \U0001F9D1\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F9D1
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F A4 9D E2 80 8D F0 9F A7 91
UTF-16: D83E DDD1 200D D83E DD1D 200D D83E DDD1
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A4%9D%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A7%91

Questions

What does the 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 people holding hands emoji mean?

Two people holding hands, drawn without any specific gender. It is used for friendship, couples, closeness, unity and support, especially when a gender-neutral image fits best, and for showing that two people are in this together.

How do I type the 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “people holding hands”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :people_holding_hands:.

When was the 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 emoji added?

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧑‍🤝‍🧑?

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1. In HTML you can write 🧑‍🤝‍🧑, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F91D}\u{200D}\u{1F9D1}.

Does 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏻 light, 🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 medium-light, 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽 medium, 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏾 medium-dark and 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏿 dark. There are also 20 combinations with a different tone for each person.

People holding hands emoji