What does ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง People Holding Hands mean?
Two people standing side by side and holding hands, drawn without a specific gender. It works for friends, couples, siblings, or any close pair, and it is often used to express solidarity, support, and togetherness. Many people pick it as an inclusive way to talk about relationships of all kinds, and each personโs skin tone can be set separately on supported devices.
๐งโ๐คโ๐ง People Holding Hands is an emoji from the People & Body category (couples & families), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about bae, bestie, bff, couple, dating and flirt.
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๐งโ๐คโ๐ง People Holding Hands on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how People Holding Hands looks on each platform.
People Holding Hands in every skin tone
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People Holding Hands emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the People Holding Hands emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :people_holding_hands:.
When was the People Holding Hands emoji added?
๐งโ๐คโ๐ง People Holding Hands was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the People Holding Hands emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง, there are 25 skin tone versions: ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐ป ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐ผ ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐ฝ ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐พ ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for People Holding Hands. The underlying code (U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.