Woman and Man Holding Hands
👫 is the woman and man holding hands emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “bae”, “bestie”, “bff”, and “couple”.
Skin tones
Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.
Where family emoji usually appear
DBEmoji editorial interpretationApplies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.
- Family and relationship posts, milestones, and photos
- Representing a household or a couple in a bio or a story
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- MAN AND WOMAN HOLDING HANDS
- CLDR short name
- woman and man holding hands
- Codepoint
- U+1F46B
- Hex
- 1F46B
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- First released
- 2010
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- family
- DBEmoji collection
- Family & Love
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Family & Love is a DBEmoji collection drawn from Unicode’s People & Body group (the family subgroup plus couple and kiss sequences). 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.
:couple:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRbae · bestie · bff · couple · dating · flirt · friends · hand · hold · man · twins · woman
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Questions people ask
- What does the 👫 woman and man holding hands emoji mean?
- 👫 is the woman and man holding hands emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “bae”, “bestie”, “bff”, and “couple”.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for 👫?
- U+1F46B, named MAN AND WOMAN HOLDING HANDS in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the 👫 woman and man holding hands emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. 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 “woman and man holding hands”. 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 :couple: 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.