People holding hands emoji ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง
Emoji 12.0 (2019) ยท U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง means
The keywords Unicode lists for ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง are bae, bestie, bff, couple, dating, flirt, friends, hand, hold, people. They show what people use it for.
Search for bae or bestie on your emoji keyboard and ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง is among the results.
You will find ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง among the families and couples (37 emoji), part of people & body with 390 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ๐ญ ๐ซ ๐ฌ ๐.
Besides the default yellow, ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง has 5 skin tones, from ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐ป light to ๐ง๐ฟโ๐คโ๐ง๐ฟ dark. Each one is a separate emoji you can copy above.
Will ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 12.0 brought ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง in 2019. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
What ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง is made of
๐งโ๐คโ๐ง is a sequence of 3 emoji: ๐ง person + ๐ค handshake + ๐ง person, glued together with the invisible zero width joiner (U+200D). A phone that does not know the combination shows the parts side by side.
How to type ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง
Search for people holding hands in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type people holding hands.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type people holding hands in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type people holding hands.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง is 5 code points (U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1), 18 bytes in UTF-8 and 8 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9D1 \200D \1F91D \200D \1F9D1"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9D1}\u200D\u{1F91D}\u200D\u{1F9D1} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A4%9D%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A7%91 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F A4 9D E2 80 8D F0 9F A7 91 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | people holding hands |
| Portuguรชs | pessoas de mรฃos dadas |
| Espaรฑol | dos personas de la mano |
| Italiano | persone che si tengono per mano |
| Franรงais | deux personnes se tenant la main |
| Deutsch | sich an den Hรคnden haltende Personen |
| Tรผrkรงe | el ele tutuลan insanlar |
| Bahasa Indonesia | orang bergandengan |
| Polski | osoby trzymajฤ ce siฤ za rฤce |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะปัะดะธ, ะดะตัะถะฐัะธะตัั ะทะฐ ััะบะธ |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๆใใคใชใ2ไบบ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์์ ์ก๊ณ ์๋ ๋ ๋ช ์ ์ฌ๋ |
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What does the people holding hands emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง "people holding hands" and links it with bae, bestie, bff, couple. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the families and couples subgroup of people & body.
When was the people holding hands emoji added?
In Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง?
Yes. ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง has these skin tones: ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐ป ๐ง๐ผโ๐คโ๐ง๐ผ ๐ง๐ฝโ๐คโ๐ง๐ฝ ๐ง๐พโ๐คโ๐ง๐พ ๐ง๐ฟโ๐คโ๐ง๐ฟ. 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.