Handshake emoji 🤝
Emoji 3.0 (2016) · U+1F91D
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What 🤝 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Handshake 🤝 is tagged with these keywords: agreement, deal, hand, meeting, shake.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing agreement or deal in the emoji search brings up 🤝.
Handshake 🤝 is one of 7 emoji in the hands subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to 🙏 👏 🙌 🫶.
🤝 comes in 5 skin tones, from 🤝🏻 to 🤝🏿, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will 🤝 show on my friend's phone?
🤝 arrived with Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
How to type 🤝
Any emoji picker finds 🤝 when you search for handshake.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type handshake.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type handshake in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type handshake.
Codes for developers
Handshake 🤝 is a single code point, U+1F91D. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F91D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🤝 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🤝 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F91D"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F91D} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A4%9D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A4 9D |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🤝 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | handshake |
| Português | aperto de mãos |
| Español | apretón de manos |
| Italiano | stretta di mano |
| Français | poignée de main |
| Deutsch | Handschlag |
| Türkçe | el sıkışma |
| Bahasa Indonesia | jabat tangan |
| Polski | uścisk dłoni |
| Русский | рукопожатие |
| 日本語 | 握手 |
| 한국어 | 악수 |
More emoji like this
All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the handshake emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🤝 "handshake" and links it with agreement, deal, hand, meeting. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the hands subgroup of people & body.
When was the handshake emoji added?
In Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. Every current phone and computer has it.
Can I change the skin tone of 🤝?
Yes. 🤝 has these skin tones: 🤝🏻 🤝🏼 🤝🏽 🤝🏾 🤝🏿. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.