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People Holding Hands Emoji

People Holding Hands is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining several emoji introduced in Emoji 12.0. It belongs to the People & Body group, Family subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
people holding hands
CLDR short name
people holding hands
Korean name (CLDR)
손을 작고 μžˆλŠ” 두 λͺ…μ˜ μ‚¬λžŒ
Code points
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1
Group
People & Body
Subgroup
Family
Added to Unicode
10.0
Added to Emoji
12.0
Sequence
Multi code point
Skin tones
Yes (25)

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji β€” these are what search matches against.

baebestiebffcoupledatingflirtfriendshandholdpeopletwins

Skin tone variants

Each variant is this emoji followed by a skin tone modifier character.

Related family sequences

Other sequences built from the same components.

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character
πŸ§‘β€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘
Unicode code points Β· Sequence of multiple code points
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1
JavaScript escape
\u{1f9d1}\u{200d}\u{1f91d}\u{200d}\u{1f9d1}
CSS escape Β· For content: "…"
\1F9D1\200D\1F91D\200D\1F9D1
HTML hexadecimal entity
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
HTML decimal entity
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
JSON escaped string
"\uD83E\uDDD1\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83E\uDDD1"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F9D1\u200D\U0001F91D\u200D\U0001F9D1
Java Unicode escape Β· UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83E\uDDD1\u200D\uD83E\uDD1D\u200D\uD83E\uDDD1
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A4%9D%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A7%91
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F A4 9D E2 80 8D F0 9F A7 91

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, β€œpeople holding hands”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row β€” each repetition is read out in full.

Check a sentence for accessibility problems.

Related emojis

Chosen by shared CLDR keywords, subgroup and group β€” not by usage statistics, which we do not collect.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for People Holding Hands?

People Holding Hands is a sequence of 5 code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1.

Does People Holding Hands support skin tones?

Yes. Unicode defines 25 skin tone variants for it, listed on this page. Each one is the base emoji followed by a modifier character.

Why does People Holding Hands sometimes appear as separate emoji?

It is joined with zero-width joiners. When a device has no single glyph for the combination, it falls back to drawing each part side by side. Both results are correct behaviour.

How do I use People Holding Hands in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 in HTML, \u{1f9d1}\u{200d}\u{1f91d}\u{200d}\u{1f9d1} in JavaScript.

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