People Hugging

🫂 is the people hugging emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Unicode's keyword list links it with “comfort”, “embrace”, “farewell”, and “friendship”.

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Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: PEOPLE HUGGING
CLDR short name: people hugging
Codepoint: U+1FAC2
Hex: 1FAC2
Emoji version: 13.0
Unicode version: 13.0
First released: 2020
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: person-symbol
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.

:people_hugging:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

comfort · embrace · farewell · friendship · goodbye · hello · hug · hugging · love · people · thanks

How it looks

People Hugging — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

People Hugging — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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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 🫂 people hugging emoji mean?: 🫂 is the people hugging emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Unicode's keyword list links it with “comfort”, “embrace”, “farewell”, and “friendship”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🫂?: U+1FAC2, named PEOPLE HUGGING in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🫂 people hugging emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 13.0, published in 2020, alongside Unicode 13.0. 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 “people hugging”. 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.
What is the shortcode for 🫂?: On GitHub, type :people_hugging: 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.