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๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB

People Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone

Emoji 12.0 ยท 2019

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People holding hands is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟ person: dark skin tone, ๐Ÿค handshake and ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป person: light skin tone. Part of the People & Body group, family subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

Platform renderings

12 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.

Timeline

2016 โ€” 2026
20162026

Showing 119 of 119 events through 2026

  1. 2016First render

    First appeared on Twitter / X

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  2. 2019First render

    First appeared on Emojipedia

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  3. 2019Unicode

    Added in Emoji 12.0

    Introduced in Emoji 12.0

  4. 2019First render

    First appeared on Facebook

    Approximate โ€” no dated release or index entry found.

  5. 2019Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 12.0

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  6. 2019First render

    First appeared on OpenMoji

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  7. 2019First render

    First appeared on Microsoft

    Release date Windows 10 build 1903.

  8. 2019First render

    First appeared on JoyPixels

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  9. 2019Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 12.1

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  10. 2019First render

    First appeared on Samsung

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  11. 2019First render

    First appeared on Google

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  12. 2019Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 12.1.3

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  13. 2019First render

    First appeared on Apple

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  14. 2019Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 12.1.4

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  15. 2019First render

    First appeared on WhatsApp

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  16. 2019Redesign

    Apple iOS 13.3

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  17. 2020Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 12.1.5

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  18. 2020Redesign

    Emojipedia 13.0

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  19. 2020Redesign

    Samsung One UI 2.0

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  20. 2020Redesign

    JoyPixels 5.5

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  21. 2020Redesign

    Samsung One UI 2.1

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  22. 2020Redesign

    Google Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop

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  23. 2020Redesign

    OpenMoji 12.2

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  24. 2020Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 12.1.6

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  25. 2020Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 13.0

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  26. 2020Redesign

    OpenMoji 12.3

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  27. 2020Redesign

    Facebook 13.0

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  28. 2020Redesign

    JoyPixels 6.0

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  29. 2020Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 13.0.1

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  30. 2020Redesign

    Samsung One UI 2.5

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  31. 2020Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.20.198.15

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  32. 2020Redesign

    Google Android 11.0

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  33. 2020Redesign

    Apple iOS 14.2

    Release date confirmed against iPhone firmware metadata.

  34. 2020Redesign

    OpenMoji 13.0

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  35. 2020Redesign

    Google Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop

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  36. 2020Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.20.206.24

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  37. 2021First render

    First appeared on LG

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  38. 2021Redesign

    JoyPixels 6.5

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  39. 2021Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 13.0.2

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  40. 2021Redesign

    Apple iOS 14.5

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  41. 2021First render

    First appeared on Sony

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  42. 2021Redesign

    Apple iOS 14.6

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  43. 2021Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 13.1

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  44. 2021Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.21.11.17

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  45. 2021Redesign

    OpenMoji 13.1

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  46. 2021Redesign

    Facebook 13.1

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  47. 2021Redesign

    JoyPixels 6.6

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  48. 2021Redesign

    Samsung One UI 3.1.1

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  49. 2021Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.21.16.20

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  50. 2021Redesign

    Google Android 12.0

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  51. 2021Redesign

    Microsoft Windows 11 November 2021 Update

    Release date Windows 11 build 21h2.

  52. 2021Redesign

    Microsoft Windows 11

    General availability. Fluent Emoji, MIT licensed.

  53. 2021Redesign

    Samsung One UI 4.0

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  54. 2021Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.21.23.23

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  55. 2022Redesign

    Samsung One UI 4.0 January 2022

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  56. 2022First render

    First appeared on Toss Face

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  57. 2022Redesign

    Google Android 12l

    Android 12L shipped March 2022; the index had it a release early.

  58. 2022Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 13.1.1

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  59. 2022Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 14.0

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  60. 2022Redesign

    Apple iOS 15.4

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  61. 2022Redesign

    Toss Face March 2022

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  62. 2022Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.22.8.79

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  63. 2022Redesign

    Facebook 14.0

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  64. 2022Redesign

    OpenMoji 14.0

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  65. 2022Redesign

    Toss Face 1.3

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  66. 2022Redesign

    Google 15.0

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  67. 2022Redesign

    Microsoft Windows 11 22H2

    Release date Windows 11 build 22h2.

  68. 2022First render

    First appeared on Twitter Emoji Stickers

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  69. 2022Redesign

    JoyPixels 7.0

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  70. 2022Redesign

    Samsung One UI 5.0

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  71. 2023Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.23.2.72

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  72. 2023Redesign

    Facebook 15.0

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  73. 2023Redesign

    Apple iOS 16.4

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  74. 2023Redesign

    Toss Face 1.5

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  75. 2023First render

    First appeared on Huawei

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  76. 2023Redesign

    JoyPixels 8.0

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  77. 2023Redesign

    Toss Face 1.6

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  78. 2023Redesign

    Samsung One UI 6.0

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  79. 2023Redesign

    Microsoft Windows 11 23H2

    Release date Windows 11 build 23h2.

  80. 2023Redesign

    Google 15.1

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  81. 2023First render

    First appeared on Noto Emoji

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  82. 2023Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 15.0

    Community-maintained fork after Twitter archived the original repo.

  83. 2023Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 15.0.1

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  84. 2023Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 15.0.2

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  85. 2023Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 15.0.3

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  86. 2023Redesign

    OpenMoji 15.0

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  87. 2024Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.24.2.76

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  88. 2024Redesign

    Apple iOS 17.4

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  89. 2024Redesign

    Samsung One UI 6.1

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  90. 2024Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 15.1

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  91. 2024Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.24.8.85

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  92. 2024Redesign

    Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 June 2024 Update

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  93. 2024Redesign

    Samsung One UI 6.1.1

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  94. 2024Redesign

    JoyPixels 9.0

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  95. 2024Redesign

    Google 16.0

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  96. 2024Redesign

    Google Android 15.0

    Date it reached devices. AOSP source dropped 2024-09-03.

  97. 2024Redesign

    Huawei Harmony OS 5.0

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  98. 2024Redesign

    OpenMoji 15.1

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  99. 2025Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.25.1.75

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  100. 2025Redesign

    Samsung One UI 7.0

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  101. 2025First render

    First appeared on Microsoft 3D Fluent

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  102. 2025Redesign

    Apple iOS 18.4

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  103. 2025Redesign

    Samsung One UI 7.0 April 2025

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  104. 2025Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.25.9.78

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  105. 2025Redesign

    Google 16.0 June 2025 Update

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  106. 2025Redesign

    Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 August 2025 Update

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  107. 2025Redesign

    OpenMoji 16.0

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  108. 2025Redesign

    Facebook 16.0

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  109. 2025Redesign

    Google 17.0

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  110. 2025Redesign

    Noto Emoji 17.0

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  111. 2025Redesign

    JoyPixels 10.0

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  112. 2026Redesign

    Twitter / X 2026 01 09 Update

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  113. 2026Redesign

    Samsung One UI 8.5

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  114. 2026Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.26.8.72

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  115. 2026Redesign

    Apple iOS 26.4

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  116. 2026Redesign

    OpenMoji 17.0

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  117. 2026Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.26.22.71

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  118. 2026Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.26.27.85

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  119. 2026Redesign

    JoyPixels 11.0

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Encodings

UTF-8
F0 9F A7 91 F0 9F 8F BF E2 80 8D F0 9F A4 9D E2 80 8D F0 9F A7 91 F0 9F 8F BB
UTF-8 escaped
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UTF-16
D83E DDD1 D83C DFFF 200D D83E DD1D 200D D83E DDD1 D83C DFFB
UTF-32
0001F9D1 0001F3FF 0000200D 0001F91D 0000200D 0001F9D1 0001F3FB
HTML decimal
🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻
HTML hex
🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻
CSS
\01F9D1\01F3FF\00200D\01F91D\00200D\01F9D1\01F3FB
JavaScript
\u{1F9D1}\u{1F3FF}\u{200D}\u{1F91D}\u{200D}\u{1F9D1}\u{1F3FB}
JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFF\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFB
Python
\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FF\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FB
URL encoded
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Base64
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Frequently asked questions

What does ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป mean?
People holding hands is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟ person: dark skin tone, ๐Ÿค handshake and ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป person: light skin tone. Part of the People & Body group, family subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is commonly tagged people holding hands: dark skin tone, light skin tone, bae, bestie, bff, couple and dark skin tone.
What is the Unicode code point for ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป?
People holding hands: dark skin tone, light skin tone is not a single character. It is written as U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB โ€” a sequence of 7 code points that displays as one emoji.
When was ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป added to Unicode?
๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป was approved as part of Emoji 12.0 and released in 2019, under Unicode 12.0.
How do I type ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป?
Copy ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป from this page, or type its shortcode โ€” :people_holding_hands_dark_skin_tone_light_skin_tone: and :people_holding_hands_tone5_tone1: โ€” in an app that expands them, such as GitHub, Slack or Discord.
Why does ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 118 renderings, including Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.
Is ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป a skin tone variant?
Yes โ€” ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป is a skin tone variant, written as a base emoji followed by a skin tone modifier.
What is ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป called in other languages?
Unicode's CLDR publishes a name for it in 9 other languages, including ุฃุดุฎุงุต ูŠู…ุณูƒูˆู† ุจุฃูŠุฏูŠ ุจุนุถู‡ู…: ุจุดุฑุฉ ุจู„ูˆู† ุบุงู…ู‚ ูˆุจุดุฑุฉ ุจู„ูˆู† ูุงุชุญ in Arabic, sich an den Hรคnden haltende Personen: dunkle Hautfarbe, helle Hautfarbe in German and dos personas de la mano: tono de piel oscuro y tono de piel claro in Spanish.
What category is ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป in?
๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿป belongs to Unicode's People & Body group, in the family subgroup.