🫱🏻‍🫲🏿U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF

Handshake emoji: light skin tone, dark skin tone

Q: What is the difference between 🫱🏻🫲🏿 and 🤝?

🫱🏻🫲🏿 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with light skin tone, dark skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF.

🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 is the handshake emoji (🤝) with light skin tone, dark skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by skin tone modifiers, and was added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021.

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Unicode name: handshake: light skin tone, dark skin tone
Category: People & body, Two hands
Added: Emoji 14.0 in 2021
Code points: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
Base emoji: 🤝 Handshake

What it means

Two hands clasped in a handshake. Agreement, a deal, partnership, greeting and respect all ride on it. It marks business deals, meeting someone, making peace, or confirming 'we have a deal'.

How it looks

🫱🏻‍🫲🏿

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Other skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

🫱Rightwards handU+1FAF1
🏻Light skin toneU+1F3FB
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
🫲Leftwards handU+1FAF2
🏿Dark skin toneU+1F3FF

How to type 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone, dark skin tone.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone, dark skin tone.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone, dark skin tone.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “handshake”, then pick light skin tone, dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	apretón de manos: tono de piel claro y tono de piel oscuro	acuerdo, apretón, apretón de manos, manos, tono de piel claro, tono de piel oscuro
Français	poignée de main : peau claire et peau foncée	d’accord, main, mains, marché conclu, peau claire, peau foncée, poignée, poignée de main, présentation, rencontre, serrer la main
Deutsch	Handschlag: helle Hautfarbe, dunkle Hautfarbe	dunkle Hautfarbe, Hände, Händeschütteln, Handschlag, helle Hautfarbe, Vereinbarung
Italiano	stretta di mano: carnagione chiara e carnagione scura	affare fatto, carnagione chiara, carnagione scura, conoscere, d’accordo, mani che si stringono, ok, patto, piacere, presentarsi, presentazione, promessa, stretta di mano, stringersi la mano
Português	aperto de mãos: pele clara e pele escura	aperto, aperto de mãos, combinado, cumprimento, mãos, pele clara, pele escura
Nederlands	handdruk: lichte huidskleur, donkere huidskleur	deal, donkere huidskleur, hand, handdruk, lichte huidskleur, overeenkomst, schudden, vergadering
Svenska	handskakning: ljus hy, mörk hy	avtal, hand, handskakning, ljus hy, mörk hy, möte
Polski	uścisk dłoni: karnacja jasna i karnacja ciemna	cześć, dłonie, karnacja ciemna, karnacja jasna, powitanie, ręce, ręka, spotkanie, tak, uścisk, uścisk dłoni, zgoda
Türkçe	el sıkışma: açık cilt tonu koyu cilt tonu	açık cilt tonu, anlaşma, el, el sıkışma, koyu cilt tonu, sallama, toplantı
Русский	рукопожатие: очень светлый тон кожи очень темный тон кожи	встреча, договорились, очень светлый тон кожи, очень темный тон кожи, руки, рукопожатие, согласие, соглашение
Українська	рукостискання: світлий тон шкіри і темний тон шкіри	домовилися, згода, по руках, потискання, руки, рукостискання, світлий тон шкіри, темний тон шкіри
Ελληνικά	χειραψία: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος	ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, συμφωνία, σύμφωνοι, συνάντηση, σφίγγω, χειραψία, χέρι
العربية	مصافحة: بشرة بلون فاتح وبشرة بلون غامق	اتفاق, اجتماع, بشرة بلون غامق, بشرة بلون فاتح, صفقة, مصافحة, يد
עברית	לחיצת יד: גוון עור בהיר, גוון עור כהה	גוון עור בהיר, גוון עור כהה, הסכם, לחיצת יד, עסקה, פגישה
فارسی	دست دادن: پوست سفید،‏ پوست آبنوسی	پوست آبنوسی, پوست سفید, دست, دست دادن, قرار, قرار کاری, قول, ملاقات, موافق
हिन्दी	हाथ मिलाना: गोरी त्वचा, साँवली त्वचा	गोरी त्वचा, मिलाना, मीटिंग, समझौता, साँवली त्वचा, हाथ
বাংলা	করমর্দন: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, কালো ত্বকের রঙ	করমর্দন, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, মিট করা, রাজি, হাত, হাত মেলানো, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ
Bahasa Indonesia	jabat tangan: warna kulit cerah, warna kulit gelap	jabat tangan, kenalan, pertemuan, salaman, sepakat, setuju, tangan, warna kulit cerah, warna kulit gelap
Tiếng Việt	bắt tay: màu da sáng, màu da tối	bắt tay, đồng ý, gặp mặt, màu da sáng, màu da tối, rung, tay
ไทย	จับมือ: โทนผิวสีขาว โทนผิวสีเข้ม	คืนดี, จับมือ, เชคแฮนด์, ตกลง, โทนผิวสีขาว, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, ประชุม, ร่วมงาน
日本語	握手: 薄い肌色濃い肌色	よろしく, 合意, 契約成立, 手, 握手, 濃い肌色, 薄い肌色
한국어	악수: 하얀 피부 검은색 피부	거래, 검은색 피부, 미팅, 손, 악수, 하얀 피부, 합의, 회의
中文（简体）	握手: 较浅肤色较深肤色	一言为定, 会面, 协议, 君子协定, 握手, 较浅肤色, 较深肤色
中文（繁體）	握手：白皮膚黑皮膚	成交, 手, 握, 握手, 白皮膚, 講定, 黑皮膚

Names in 101 more languages

Afrikaans	handskud: ligte velkleur, donker velkleur
Akan	nsamkyea: wedeε ani a εda so ne wedeε ani tuntum
Albanian	shtrëngim duarsh: nuancë lëkure e çelët e nuancë lëkure e errët
Amharic	እጅ መጨባበጥ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2 እና የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
Armenian	ձեռքսեղմում․ բաց գույնի մաշկ և մուգ գույնի մաշկ
Assamese	কৰমৰ্দন: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং, ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijani	salamlaşmaq: açıq dəri tonu, tünd dəri tonu
Bashkir	ҡул бирешеү: аҡһыл тән төҫө һәм ҡара тән төҫө
Basque	esku-ematea: 1–2. mota eta 6. mota
Belarusian	поціск рук: светлы тон скуры цёмны тон скуры
Bosnian	rukovanje: svijetla boja kože i tamna boja kože
Bulgarian	ръкостискане: светла кожа и тъмна кожа
Burmese	လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက် − အသားဖြူရောင်၊ အသားမည်းရောင်
Canadian French	poignée de main : peau claire et peau foncée
Cantonese	握手: 淺膚色深膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)	握手: 浅肤色深肤色
Catalan	encaixada de mans: pell molt clara i pell molt fosca
Cherokee	ᎠᏓᏲᎵᎲᎢ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ, ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chuvash	алӑ тытни: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
Croatian	rukovanje: svijetla boja kože i tamno smeđa boja kože
Czech	stisk rukou: světlý odstín pleti, tmavý odstín pleti
Danish	håndtryk: lys teint og mørk teint
Estonian	käepigistus: hele nahatoon, tume nahatoon
European Portuguese	aperto de mão: tipo de pele 1–2 e tipo de pele 6
Faroese	lógvatak: ljósur húðarlitur, myrkur húðarlitur
Filipino	pagkakamay: light na kulay ng balat, dark na kulay ng balat
Finnish	kädenpuristus: vaalea iho, tumma iho
Galician	aperta de mans: ton de pel moi claro, ton de pel moi escuro
Georgian	ხელის ჩამორთმევა: კანის ღია ტონალობა, კანის მუქი ტონალობა
Gujarati	હાથ મિલાવવો: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ, ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausa	musafiha: launin fata mai haske, launin fata mai duhu
Hindi (Latin)	handshake: Fair skin, dark skin
Hungarian	kézfogás: világos bőrtónus és sötét bőrtónus
Icelandic	handaband: ljós húðlitur og dökkur húðlitur
Igbo	nkwenaka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha, ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
Irish	croitheadh lámh: ton cnis geal, ton cnis dorcha
Javanese	salaman: kulit putih, kulit ireng
Kabyle	amsalem: taglimt taceɛlalt, taglimt tubrikt
Kannada	ಹಸ್ತಲಾಘವ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ, ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakh	қол алысу: 1–2 тері түсі 6-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)	قول الىسۋ: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى، 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmer	ចាប់ដៃ: សម្បុរស សម្បុរខ្មៅ
Kinyarwanda	gusuhuzanya: ibara ry’uruhu rwera, ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
Konkani	शेकहँड: उजळ कातीचो रंग, गाढ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyz	кол алышуу: акжуумал, кара
Kʼicheʼ	Uk’ulaxik Q’ab’aj: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal, q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Lao	ຈັບມື: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ, ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
Latvian	rokasspiediens: gaišs ādas tonis un tumšs ādas tonis
Ligurian	toccata de man: carnaxon ciæa e carnaxon scua
Lithuanian	rankos paspaudimas: šviesios odos itin tamsios odos
Lower Sorbian	pódaśe ruki: swětła barwa kóže, śamna barwa kóže
Luxembourgish	Handdrock: hell Hautfaarf, däischter Hautfaarf
Macedonian	ракување: тип на кожа 1–2 и тип на кожа 6
Malay	berjabat tangan: ton kulit cerah dan ton kulit gelap
Malayalam	ഹസ്തദാനം: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം, ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltese	ħu bl-idejn: ton ċar tal-ġilda u ton skur tal-ġilda
Marathi	हस्तांदोलन: उजळ त्वचा, काळसर त्वचा
Mongolian	гар барилт: цайвар бор
Māori	rūrū: kiri āhua māmā, kiri āhua parauri
Nepali	हात मिलाउने कार्य: छालाको प्रकार-१-२ छालाको प्रकार-६
Nigerian Pidgin	Hándshek: Laít Skín Ton, Dák Skín Ton
Northern Sotho	tumedišo ka letsogo: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga, mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
Norwegian	håndhilse: hudtype 1–2, hudtype 6
Norwegian Nynorsk	handhelse: hudtype 1–2, hudtype 6
Odia	କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ, ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromo	harka fuudhuu: toonii gogaa ifaa, toonii gogaa gurraachaa
Pashto	د لاس روغبړ: د روڼ پوستکي ټون و تور پوستکۍ
Punjabi	ਹੱਥ-ਮਿਲਾਉਣਾ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ, ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)	ہتھ ملانا: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد, کالی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechua	pipuyasqa makikunapura: chuya qara niraq, yana qara niraq
Romanian	strângere de mână: ton deschis al pielii, ton închis al pielii
Romansh	dar il maun: pel clera, pel stgira
Scottish Gaelic	crathadh-làimhe: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn ’s tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbian	руковање: светла кожа и тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	руковање: свијетла кожа и тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)	rukovanje: svetla koža i tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	rukovanje: svijetla koža i tamna koža
Shan	ယိပ်းမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ် လႄႈ သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
Sindhi	هٿ ملائڻ: گوري رنگت، ڪارو رنگ
Sinhala	අතට අත දීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2 සහ සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
Slovak	potrasenie rukami: svetlý tón pleti, tmavý tón pleti
Slovenian	rokovanje: svetel ten kože in temen ten kože
Somali	gacan-qaadka salaanta: jidh fudud, jidh madaw
Swahili	kusalimiana: ngozi nyeupe na ngozi nyeusi
Tajik	дастфишӯрӣ: ранги равшани пӯст ва ранги торики пӯст
Tamil	கைகுலுக்கல்: வகை 1–2, வகை 6
Telugu	కరచాలనం: లేత చర్మపు రంగు, ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinya	ምጭብባጥ ኢድ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት፣ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
Tongan	lulululu: kili hinehina mo e kili ʻuliʻuli
Tswana	tshwarano ka letsogo: letlalo le lesweu, letlalo la mmala o montsho
Turkmen	el gysyşmak: açyk deri reňki, goýy deri reňki
Upper Sorbian	zawdaće ruki: swětła barba kože, ćmowa barba kože
Urdu	ہاتھ ملانا: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت اور جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
Uyghur	قول قىسىش: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ and توق تېرە رەڭ
Uzbek	qo‘l siqish: 1–2-teri turi 6-teri turi
Welsh	ysgwyd dwylo: arlliw croen golau, arlliw croen tywyll
Wolof	joxante loxo: xeesaayu der bu woyof, xeesaayu der bu ñuul
Xhosa	ukubamba isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo, ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
Yoruba	Ìbọwọ́: amọ́lára àtiadúláwọ̀
Yoruba (Benin)	Ìbɔwɔ́: amɔ́lára àtiadúláwɔ̀
Zulu	xhawula: uhlobo-1-2, uhlobo-6

Codes

Code points: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
HTML: 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿
CSS: \1FAF1\1F3FB\200D\1FAF2\1F3FF
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1FAF1}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{1FAF2}\u{1F3FF}
Python: \U0001FAF1\U0001F3FB\u200D\U0001FAF2\U0001F3FF
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F AB B1 F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D F0 9F AB B2 F0 9F 8F BF
UTF-16: D83E DEF1 D83C DFFB 200D D83E DEF2 D83C DFFF
URL encoded: %F0%9F%AB%B1%F0%9F%8F%BB%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%AB%B2%F0%9F%8F%BF

Questions

What does 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 mean?

Two hands clasped in a handshake. Agreement, a deal, partnership, greeting and respect all ride on it. It marks business deals, meeting someone, making peace, or confirming 'we have a deal'. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 shows it with light skin tone, dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 and 🤝?

🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with light skin tone, dark skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF.

How do I type 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿?

Find 🤝 in your emoji keyboard by searching “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone, dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

What is the Unicode for 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿?

U+1FAF1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF. In HTML you can write 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿

When was 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.