# 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 People holding hands emoji

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 People holding hands is an emoji in the couples and families set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: bae, bestie, bff, couple, dating and flirt.

- Emoji: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
- Unicode name: people holding hands
- Code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1
- Category: People & body, Couples and families
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :people_holding_hands:
- Keywords: bae, bestie, bff, couple, dating, flirt, friends, hand, hold, people, twins
- Page: https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

- 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB
- 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏼 [Light skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-light-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC
- 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏽 [Light skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-light-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD
- 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏾 [Light skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-light-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE
- 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏿 [Light skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-light-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF
- 🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏻 [Medium-light skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-light-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB
- 🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC
- 🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏽 [Medium-light skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-light-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD
- 🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏾 [Medium-light skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-light-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE
- 🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏿 [Medium-light skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-light-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF
- 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏻 [Medium skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB
- 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏼 [Medium skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC
- 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD
- 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏾 [Medium skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE
- 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏿 [Medium skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF
- 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏻 [Medium-dark skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-dark-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB
- 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏼 [Medium-dark skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-dark-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC
- 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏽 [Medium-dark skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-dark-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD
- 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE
- 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏿 [Medium-dark skin tone, dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-medium-dark-skin-tone-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF
- 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 [Dark skin tone, light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-dark-skin-tone-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB
- 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏼 [Dark skin tone, medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-dark-skin-tone-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC
- 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏽 [Dark skin tone, medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-dark-skin-tone-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD
- 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏾 [Dark skin tone, medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-dark-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE
- 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/people-holding-hands-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

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

1. 🧑 [Person](https://emojichart.com/person-emoji.md) (U+1F9D1)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. 🤝 [Handshake](https://emojichart.com/handshake-emoji.md) (U+1F91D)
4. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
5. 🧑 [Person](https://emojichart.com/person-emoji.md) (U+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 (es) | dos personas de la mano | dos personas de la mano, mano, pareja, persona |
| Français (fr) | 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 (de) | sich an den Händen haltende Personen | Händchen halten, Hände, Hände halten, Menschen, Paar, Pärchen, Personen, sich an den Händen haltende Personen |
| Italiano (it) | 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 (pt) | pessoas de mãos dadas | amigos, casal, dadas, gêmeos, mãos, parceiros, parceria, pessoa |
| Nederlands (nl) | personen hand in hand | hand, hand in hand, handen vasthouden, koppeltje, paar, personen hand in hand, persoon, samen, stel, vasthouden |
| Svenska (sv) | personer som håller hand | håller hand, människor, par, personer som håller hand |
| Polski (pl) | osoby trzymające się za ręce | ludzie, osoby trzymające się za ręce, para, rękę, za ręce |
| Türkçe (tr) | el ele tutuşan insanlar | çift, el, el ele, el ele tutuşan insanlar, kişi, tutmak, tutuşan eller |
| Русский (ru) | люди, держащиеся за руки | держаться, держащиеся, друзья, лучшие, люди, пара, руки, семья |
| Українська (uk) | люди, що тримаються за руки | люди, люди, що тримаються за руки, людина, пара, рука, руки, тримати, тримаються, що тримаються за руки |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομα πιασμένα χέρι-χέρι | άτομα, άτομα πιασμένα χέρι-χέρι, δίδυμοι, δύο άτομα πιασμένα χέρι-χέρι, ζευγάρι, κρατώ, πιασμένοι χέρι-χέρι, χέρι, χέρι-χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | أشخاص يمسكون بأيدي بعضهم | أخلاء, أشخاص, أصدقاء, أيدي, توأم, شخص, صداقة, ولدان, يد, يدان |
| עברית (he) | אנשים מחזיקים ידיים | אנשים מחזיקים ידיים, זוג, יד, ידיים, מחזיקים ידיים, תאומים |
| فارسی (fa) | اشخاصی دست در دست هم | اشخاصی دست در دست هم, دست, دست در دست, زوج, شخص, نگهداشتن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथ पकड़े हुए लोग | कपल, दोस्त, दोस्ती, पकड़ना, युगल, लोग, व्यक्ति, हाथ, हाथ पकड़े हुए, हाथ पकड़े हुए लोग, हाथों में हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাত ধরে থাকা লোকেরা | জোড়া, ধরে থাকা, মানুষ, যুগল, হাত, হাত ধরে থাকা, হাত ধরে থাকা লোকেরা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang bergandengan | bergandengan, gandeng, orang, pasangan, pegang tangan, tangan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hai người nắm tay | cặp đôi, giữ, hai người nắm tay, nắm tay, người, người nắm tay, tay |
| ไทย (th) | คนจับมือกัน | คน, คู่, จับมือ, จีบ, จูง, เดท, แฝด, เพื่อน, รัก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 손을 잡고 있는 두 명의 사람 | 사람, 손, 손을 잡고, 손을 잡고 있는 두 명의 사람, 커플 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 握手的人 | 人, 情侶, 握手, 握手的人, 牽手, 牽手的人, 牽牽 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): mense wat hande vashou
- Akan (ak): Nkurɔfoɔ asɔ nsam
- Albanian (sq): njerëz të kapur për duarsh
- Amharic (am): ሰዎች እጅ ለእጅ ተያይዘው
- Armenian (hy): իրար ձեռք բռնած մարդիկ
- Assamese (as): হাতে হাতে ধৰি থকা মানুহৰ ছবি
- Azerbaijani (az): əl-ələ tutan adamlar
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул тотошҡан кешеләр
- Basque (eu): bi pertsona elkarri eskua ematen
- Belarusian (be): людзі трымаюцца за рукі
- Bosnian (bs): ljudi se drže za ruke
- Breton (br): tud dorn-ha-dorn
- Bulgarian (bg): хора, които се държат за ръце
- Burmese (my): လက်ချင်းချိတ်ထားသူများ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personnes se tenant par la main
- Cantonese (yue): 拖住嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persones que s’agafen de la mà
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᏚᎾᏙᏯᏂᎠ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 拖手的人
- Chuvash (cv): алӑран тытнӑ ҫынсем
- Croatian (hr): osobe koje se drže za ruke
- Czech (cs): dva lidé držící se za ruce
- Danish (da): personer hånd i hånd
- Estonian (et): inimesed hoiavad käest kinni
- Faroese (fo): fólk leiðast
- Filipino (fil): mga taong magkahawak-kamay
- Finnish (fi): ihmiset käsi kädessä
- Galician (gl): persoas dándose a man
- Georgian (ka): ხელჩაკიდებული ხალხი
- Gujarati (gu): હાથ પકડેલા લોકો
- Hausa (ha): mutane masu rikon hannaye
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): haath pakde huye log
- Hungarian (hu): egymás kezét fogó emberek
- Icelandic (is): fólk að leiðast
- Igbo (ig): ndị ji aka
- Irish (ga): daone a bhfuil greim láimhe acu ar a chéile
- Javanese (jv): wong gandhengan tangan
- Kannada (kn): ಕೈಹಿಡಿದಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳು
- Kazakh (kk): қолдарын көтеріп тұрған адамдар
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قولدارىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ادامدار
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សកាន់ដៃគ្នា
- Konkani (kok): एकमेकांचे हात धरिल्ले लोक
- Kyrgyz (ky): кол кармашкан адамдар
- Lao (lo): ຄົນຈັບມືກັນ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēki sadevušies rokās
- Ligurian (lij): doe persoñe che se tëgnan pe-a man
- Lithuanian (lt): rankomis susikibę žmonės
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se za ruku źaržecej wósobje
- Macedonian (mk): луѓе се држат за раце
- Malay (ms): orang berpegangan tangan
- Malayalam (ml): ആളുകൾ കൈകോർത്ത് പിടിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു
- Marathi (mr): हात धरलेले लोक
- Mongolian (mn): гар барилцаж буй хүмүүс
- Nepali (ne): हात समातिरहेका मान्छेहरू
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pípul Wé Hól Hand
- Norwegian (no): personer som leier
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): personar som leiar
- Odia (or): ଲୋକମାନେ ହାତ ଧରାଧରି ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): namoota harka wal qabatan
- Pashto (ps): خلکو لاسونه نيولي
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ ਫੜਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਲੋਕ
- Quechua (qu): runakuna iskay makikunawan
- Romanian (ro): persoane ținându-se de mână
- Romansh (rm): persunas che tegnan il maun
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): daoine a’ glacadh air làmh a chèile
- Serbian (sr): особе се држе за руке
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osobe se drže za ruke
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းယိပ်းမိုဝ်းၵၼ်
- Sindhi (sd): هٿ جهليل ماڻهو
- Sinhala (si): අත් අල්ලා ගෙන සිටින පුද්ගලයන්
- Slovak (sk): ľudia držiaci sa za ruky
- Slovenian (sl): osebi se držita za roke
- Somali (so): dad gacmaha is haysta
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): personas que se toman de la mano
- Swahili (sw): watu walioshikana mikono
- Tamil (ta): கை கோர்த்திருக்கும் மக்கள்
- Telugu (te): చేతులు పట్టుకున్న వ్యక్తులు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰባት ኢድ ንኢድ ተተሓሒዞም
- Tongan (to): kakai fetakinima
- Turkmen (tk): el tutuşýan adamlar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): dwě wosobje dźeržitej so za ruku
- Urdu (ur): ہاتھ پکڑے ہوئے لوگ
- Uzbek (uz): qoʻl ushlashib turgan odamlar
- Welsh (cy): pobl yn dal dwylo
- Yoruba (yo): àwọn ènìyàn tó di ara wọn lọ́wọ́ mú
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): àwɔn ènìyàn tó di ara wɔn lɔ́wɔ́ mú
- Zulu (zu): Abantu ababambene ngezandla

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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.

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