Handshake
🤝 is a handshake. It means an agreement, a deal, a partnership or a respectful greeting.
Skin tones
Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.
Common uses
DBEmoji editorial interpretation- Confirming a deal or agreement
- A respectful greeting
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- HANDSHAKE
- CLDR short name
- handshake
- Codepoint
- U+1F91D
- Hex
- 1F91D
- Emoji version
- 3.0
- Unicode version
- 9.0
- First released
- 2016
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- hands
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:handshake:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRagreement · deal · hand · handshake · meeting · shake
Tags
How it looks
Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)
Download as image
Renders 🤝 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.
Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.
Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork
Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🤝. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.
Questions people ask
- What does the 🤝 handshake emoji mean?
- 🤝 is a handshake. It means an agreement, a deal, a partnership or a respectful greeting.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤝?
- U+1F91D, named HANDSHAKE in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the 🤝 handshake emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 3.0, published in 2016, alongside Unicode 9.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type 🤝 on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “handshake”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🤝 from this page with one click.
- Does 🤝 come in different skin tones?
- Yes. There are 25 skin-tone versions: 🤝🏻 🤝🏼 🤝🏽 🤝🏾 🤝🏿 and more. They all mean the same thing; long-press 🤝 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
- What is the shortcode for 🤝?
- On GitHub, type :handshake: and it turns into 🤝 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.