🫱🏽‍🫲🏿U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF

Handshake emoji: medium skin tone, dark skin tone

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

🫱🏽🫲🏿 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with medium skin tone, dark skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF.

🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 is the handshake emoji (🤝) with medium 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: medium skin tone, dark skin tone
Category: People & body, Two hands
Added: Emoji 14.0 in 2021
Code points: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD 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
🏽Medium skin toneU+1F3FD
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 medium skin tone, dark skin tone.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone, dark skin tone.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone, dark skin tone.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “handshake”, then pick medium 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 medio y tono de piel oscuro	acuerdo, apretón, apretón de manos, manos, tono de piel medio, tono de piel oscuro
Français	poignée de main : peau légèrement mate et peau foncée	d’accord, main, mains, marché conclu, peau foncée, peau légèrement mate, poignée, poignée de main, présentation, rencontre, serrer la main
Deutsch	Handschlag: mittlere Hautfarbe, dunkle Hautfarbe	dunkle Hautfarbe, Hände, Händeschütteln, Handschlag, mittlere Hautfarbe, Vereinbarung
Italiano	stretta di mano: carnagione olivastra e carnagione scura	affare fatto, carnagione olivastra, 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 morena e pele escura	aperto, aperto de mãos, combinado, cumprimento, mãos, pele escura, pele morena
Nederlands	handdruk: getinte huidskleur, donkere huidskleur	deal, donkere huidskleur, getinte huidskleur, hand, handdruk, overeenkomst, schudden, vergadering
Svenska	handskakning: mellanfärgad hy, mörk hy	avtal, hand, handskakning, mellanfärgad hy, mörk hy, möte
Polski	uścisk dłoni: karnacja średnia i karnacja ciemna	cześć, dłonie, karnacja ciemna, karnacja średnia, powitanie, ręce, ręka, spotkanie, tak, uścisk, uścisk dłoni, zgoda
Türkçe	el sıkışma: orta cilt tonu koyu cilt tonu	anlaşma, el, el sıkışma, koyu cilt tonu, orta cilt tonu, sallama, toplantı
Русский	рукопожатие: средний тон кожи очень темный тон кожи	встреча, договорились, очень темный тон кожи, руки, рукопожатие, согласие, соглашение, средний тон кожи
Українська	рукостискання: помірний тон шкіри і темний тон шкіри	домовилися, згода, по руках, помірний тон шкіри, потискання, руки, рукостискання, темний тон шкіри
Ελληνικά	χειραψία: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος	μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, συμφωνία, σύμφωνοι, συνάντηση, σφίγγω, χειραψία, χέρι
العربية	مصافحة: بشرة بلون معتدل وبشرة بلون غامق	اتفاق, اجتماع, بشرة بلون غامق, بشرة بلون معتدل, صفقة, مصافحة, يد
עברית	לחיצת יד: גוון עור בינוני, גוון עור כהה	גוון עור בינוני, גוון עור כהה, הסכם, לחיצת יד, עסקה, פגישה
فارسی	دست دادن: پوست طلایی،‏ پوست آبنوسی	پوست آبنوسی, پوست طلایی, دست, دست دادن, قرار, قرار کاری, قول, ملاقات, موافق
हिन्दी	हाथ मिलाना: गेहुँआ त्वचा, साँवली त्वचा	गेहुँआ त्वचा, मिलाना, मीटिंग, समझौता, साँवली त्वचा, हाथ
বাংলা	করমর্দন: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, কালো ত্বকের রঙ	করমর্দন, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, মিট করা, রাজি, হাত, হাত মেলানো
Bahasa Indonesia	jabat tangan: warna kulit sedang, warna kulit gelap	jabat tangan, kenalan, pertemuan, salaman, sepakat, setuju, tangan, warna kulit gelap, warna kulit sedang
Tiếng Việt	bắt tay: màu da trung bình, màu da tối	bắt tay, đồng ý, gặp mặt, màu da tối, màu da trung bình, rung, tay
ไทย	จับมือ: โทนผิวสีเหลือง โทนผิวสีเข้ม	คืนดี, จับมือ, เชคแฮนด์, ตกลง, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, ประชุม, ร่วมงาน
日本語	握手: 中間の肌色濃い肌色	よろしく, 中間の肌色, 合意, 契約成立, 手, 握手, 濃い肌色
한국어	악수: 갈색 피부 검은색 피부	갈색 피부, 거래, 검은색 피부, 미팅, 손, 악수, 합의, 회의
中文（简体）	握手: 中等肤色较深肤色	一言为定, 中等肤色, 会面, 协议, 君子协定, 握手, 较深肤色
中文（繁體）	握手：淺褐皮膚黑皮膚	成交, 手, 握, 握手, 淺褐皮膚, 講定, 黑皮膚

Names in 102 more languages

Afrikaans	handskud: medium velkleur, donker velkleur
Akan	nsamkyea: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra ne wedeε ani tuntum
Albanian	shtrëngim duarsh: nuancë lëkure zeshkane e nuancë lëkure e errët
Amharic	እጅ መጨባበጥ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4 እና የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
Armenian	ձեռքսեղմում․ միջին գույնի մաշկ և մուգ գույնի մաշկ
Assamese	কৰমৰ্দন: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং, ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijani	salamlaşmaq: orta dəri tonu, tünd dəri tonu
Bashkir	ҡул бирешеү: уртаса тән төҫө һәм ҡара тән төҫө
Basque	esku-ematea: bitarteko azal-tonua eta 6. mota
Belarusian	поціск рук: сярэдні тон скуры цёмны тон скуры
Bosnian	rukovanje: umjerena boja kože i tamna boja kože
Bulgarian	ръкостискане: средна на цвят кожа и тъмна кожа
Burmese	လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက် − အသားလတ်ရောင်၊ အသားမည်းရောင်
Canadian French	poignée de main : peau légèrement mate et peau foncée
Cantonese	握手: 中膚色深膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)	握手: 中肤色深肤色
Catalan	encaixada de mans: pell morena i pell molt fosca
Cherokee	ᎠᏓᏲᎵᎲᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ, ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	握手：中等皮膚黑皮膚
Chuvash	алӑ тытни: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
Croatian	rukovanje: maslinasta boja kože i tamno smeđa boja kože
Czech	stisk rukou: střední odstín pleti, tmavý odstín pleti
Danish	håndtryk: medium teint og mørk teint
Estonian	käepigistus: keskmine nahatoon, tume nahatoon
European Portuguese	aperto de mão: tipo de pele 4 e tipo de pele 6
Faroese	lógvatak: miðal húðarlitur, myrkur húðarlitur
Filipino	pagkakamay: katamtamang kulay ng balat, dark na kulay ng balat
Finnish	kädenpuristus: tummanvaalea iho, tumma iho
Galician	aperta de mans: ton de pel medio, ton de pel moi escuro
Georgian	ხელის ჩამორთმევა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა, კანის მუქი ტონალობა
Gujarati	હાથ મિલાવવો: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ, ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausa	musafiha: madaidaicin launin fata, launin fata mai duhu
Hindi (Latin)	handshake: medium skin, dark skin
Hungarian	kézfogás: közepes bőrtónus és sötét bőrtónus
Icelandic	handaband: millihúðlitur og dökkur húðlitur
Igbo	nkwenaka: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti, ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
Irish	croitheadh lámh: ton cnis meánach, ton cnis dorcha
Javanese	salaman: kulit kuning, kulit ireng
Kabyle	amsalem: taglimt talemmast, taglimt tubrikt
Kannada	ಹಸ್ತಲಾಘವ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ, ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakh	қол алысу: 4-тері түсі 6-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)	قول الىسۋ: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى، 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmer	ចាប់ដៃ: សម្បុរស្រអែម សម្បុរខ្មៅ
Kinyarwanda	gusuhuzanya: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe, ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
Konkani	शेकहँड: मध्यम कातीचो रंग, गाढ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyz	кол алышуу: орточо, кара
Kʼicheʼ	Uk’ulaxik Q’ab’aj: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal, q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Lao	ຈັບມື: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ, ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
Latvian	rokasspiediens: vidējs ādas tonis un tumšs ādas tonis
Ligurian	toccata de man: carnaxon cô d’öiva e carnaxon scua
Lithuanian	rankos paspaudimas: rusvos odos itin tamsios odos
Lower Sorbian	pódaśe ruki: wósrědna barwa kóže, śamna barwa kóže
Luxembourgish	Handdrock: mëttel Hautfaarf, däischter Hautfaarf
Macedonian	ракување: тип на кожа 4 и тип на кожа 6
Malay	berjabat tangan: ton kulit sederhana dan ton kulit gelap
Malayalam	ഹസ്തദാനം: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4, ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltese	ħu bl-idejn: ton medju tal-ġilda u ton skur tal-ġilda
Marathi	हस्तांदोलन: मध्यम त्वचा, काळसर त्वचा
Mongolian	гар барилт: дунд зэргийн бор
Māori	rūrū: kiri āhua waenga, kiri āhua parauri
Nepali	हात मिलाउने कार्य: छालाको प्रकार-४ छालाको प्रकार-६
Nigerian Pidgin	Hándshek: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton, Dák Skín Ton
Northern Sotho	tumedišo ka letsogo: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng, mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
Norwegian	håndhilse: hudtype 4, hudtype 6
Norwegian Nynorsk	handhelse: hudtype 4, hudtype 6
Odia	କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ, ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromo	harka fuudhuu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa, toonii gogaa gurraachaa
Pashto	د لاس روغبړ: غنم رنګه و تور پوستکۍ
Punjabi	ਹੱਥ-ਮਿਲਾਉਣਾ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ, ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)	ہتھ ملانا: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد, کالی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechua	pipuyasqa makikunapura: tunpa qara niraq, yana qara niraq
Romanian	strângere de mână: ton mediu al pielii, ton închis al pielii
Romansh	dar il maun: pel media, pel stgira
Scottish Gaelic	crathadh-làimhe: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn ’s tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbian	руковање: ни светла ни тамна кожа и тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	руковање: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа и тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)	rukovanje: ni svetla ni tamna koža i tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	rukovanje: ni svijetla ni tamna koža i tamna koža
Shan	ယိပ်းမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ လႄႈ သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
Sindhi	هٿ ملائڻ: پڪو رنگ، ڪارو رنگ
Sinhala	අතට අත දීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4 සහ සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
Slovak	potrasenie rukami: stredný tón pleti, tmavý tón pleti
Slovenian	rokovanje: srednji ten kože in temen ten kože
Somali	gacan-qaadka salaanta: jidh nooc dhexe, jidh madaw
Swahili	kusalimiana: ngozi ya kahawia na ngozi nyeusi
Tajik	дастфишӯрӣ: ранги миёнаи пӯст ва ранги торики пӯст
Tamil	கைகுலுக்கல்: வகை 4, வகை 6
Telugu	కరచాలనం: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు, ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinya	ምጭብባጥ ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ፣ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
Tongan	lulululu: kili melomelo mo e kili ʻuliʻuli
Tswana	tshwarano ka letsogo: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng, letlalo la mmala o montsho
Turkmen	el gysyşmak: orta deri reňki, goýy deri reňki
Upper Sorbian	zawdaće ruki: srěnja barba kože, ćmowa barba kože
Urdu	ہاتھ ملانا: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت اور جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
Uyghur	قول قىسىش: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى and توق تېرە رەڭ
Uzbek	qo‘l siqish: 4-teri turi 6-teri turi
Welsh	ysgwyd dwylo: arlliw croen canolog, arlliw croen tywyll
Wolof	joxante loxo: xeesaayu der bu yam, xeesaayu der bu ñuul
Xhosa	ukubamba isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi, ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
Yoruba	Ìbọwọ́: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀ àtiadúláwọ̀
Yoruba (Benin)	Ìbɔwɔ́: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀ àtiadúláwɔ̀
Zulu	xhawula: uhlobo-4, uhlobo-6

Codes

Code points: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF
HTML: 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿
CSS: \1FAF1\1F3FD\200D\1FAF2\1F3FF
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1FAF1}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{1FAF2}\u{1F3FF}
Python: \U0001FAF1\U0001F3FD\u200D\U0001FAF2\U0001F3FF
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F AB B1 F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D F0 9F AB B2 F0 9F 8F BF
UTF-16: D83E DEF1 D83C DFFD 200D D83E DEF2 D83C DFFF
URL encoded: %F0%9F%AB%B1%F0%9F%8F%BD%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 medium skin tone, dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with medium skin tone, dark skin tone. It's 🤝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD 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 medium 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+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FF. In HTML you can write 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿

When was 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.