🫱🏽‍🫲🏾U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE

Handshake emoji: medium skin tone, medium-dark skin tone

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

🫱🏽🫲🏾 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with medium skin tone, medium-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+1F3FE.

🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 is the handshake emoji (🤝) with medium skin tone, medium-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, medium-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+1F3FE
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

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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
🏾Medium-dark skin toneU+1F3FE

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

Names in 102 more languages

Afrikaans	handskud: medium velkleur, medium-donker velkleur
Akan	nsamkyea: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra ne wedeε ani tuntum kakra
Albanian	shtrëngim duarsh: nuancë lëkure zeshkane e nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
Amharic	እጅ መጨባበጥ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4 እና የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
Armenian	ձեռքսեղմում․ միջին գույնի մաշկ և միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
Assamese	কৰমৰ্দন: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং, মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijani	salamlaşmaq: orta dəri tonu, orta-tünd dəri tonu
Bashkir	ҡул бирешеү: уртаса тән төҫө һәм уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
Basque	esku-ematea: bitarteko azal-tonua eta 5. mota
Belarusian	поціск рук: сярэдні тон скуры сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
Bosnian	rukovanje: umjerena boja kože i umjereno tamna boja kože
Bulgarian	ръкостискане: средна на цвят кожа и средно тъмна кожа
Burmese	လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက် − အသားလတ်ရောင်၊ အသားညိုရောင်
Canadian French	poignée de main : peau légèrement mate et peau modérément foncée
Cantonese	握手: 中膚色中深膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)	握手: 中肤色中深肤色
Catalan	encaixada de mans: pell morena i pell fosca
Cherokee	ᎠᏓᏲᎵᎲᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ, ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	握手：中等皮膚中深皮膚
Chuvash	алӑ тытни: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
Croatian	rukovanje: maslinasta boja kože i smeđa boja kože
Czech	stisk rukou: střední odstín pleti, středně tmavý odstín pleti
Danish	håndtryk: medium teint og medium til mørk teint
Estonian	käepigistus: keskmine nahatoon, keskmiselt tume nahatoon
European Portuguese	aperto de mão: tipo de pele 4 e tipo de pele 5
Faroese	lógvatak: miðal húðarlitur, miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
Filipino	pagkakamay: katamtamang kulay ng balat, katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
Finnish	kädenpuristus: tummanvaalea iho, keskitumma iho
Galician	aperta de mans: ton de pel medio, ton de pel escuro
Georgian	ხელის ჩამორთმევა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა, საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
Gujarati	હાથ મિલાવવો: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ, મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausa	musafiha: madaidaicin launin fata, launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
Hindi (Latin)	handshake: medium skin, medium-dark skin
Hungarian	kézfogás: közepes bőrtónus és közepesen sötét bőrtónus
Icelandic	handaband: millihúðlitur og meðaldökkur húðlitur
Igbo	nkwenaka: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti, ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
Irish	croitheadh lámh: ton cnis meánach, ton cnis meándorcha
Javanese	salaman: kulit kuning, kulit sawo mateng
Kabyle	amsalem: taglimt talemmast, taglimt tubrikt talemmast
Kannada	ಹಸ್ತಲಾಘವ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ, ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakh	қол алысу: 4-тері түсі 5-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)	قول الىسۋ: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى، 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmer	ចាប់ដៃ: សម្បុរស្រអែម សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
Kinyarwanda	gusuhuzanya: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe, ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
Konkani	शेकहँड: मध्यम कातीचो रंग, मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyz	кол алышуу: орточо, кара тору
Kʼicheʼ	Uk’ulaxik Q’ab’aj: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal, retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Lao	ຈັບມື: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ, ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
Latvian	rokasspiediens: vidējs ādas tonis un vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
Ligurian	toccata de man: carnaxon cô d’öiva e carnaxon assæ scua
Lithuanian	rankos paspaudimas: rusvos odos tamsios odos
Lower Sorbian	pódaśe ruki: wósrědna barwa kóže, srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
Luxembourgish	Handdrock: mëttel Hautfaarf, mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
Macedonian	ракување: тип на кожа 4 и тип на кожа 5
Malay	berjabat tangan: ton kulit sederhana dan ton kulit sederhana gelap
Malayalam	ഹസ്തദാനം: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4, ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltese	ħu bl-idejn: ton medju tal-ġilda u ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
Marathi	हस्तांदोलन: मध्यम त्वचा, मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
Mongolian	гар барилт: дунд зэргийн бордуу
Māori	rūrū: kiri āhua waenga, kiri āhua waenga-parauri
Nepali	हात मिलाउने कार्य: छालाको प्रकार-४ छालाको प्रकार-५
Nigerian Pidgin	Hándshek: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton, Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
Northern Sotho	tumedišo ka letsogo: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng, mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
Norwegian	håndhilse: hudtype 4, hudtype 5
Norwegian Nynorsk	handhelse: hudtype 4, hudtype 5
Odia	କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ, ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromo	harka fuudhuu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa, toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
Pashto	د لاس روغبړ: غنم رنګه و غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
Punjabi	ਹੱਥ-ਮਿਲਾਉਣਾ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ, ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)	ہتھ ملانا: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد, درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechua	pipuyasqa makikunapura: tunpa qara niraq, tunpa yana qara niraq
Romanian	strângere de mână: ton mediu al pielii, ton semi‑închis al pielii
Romansh	dar il maun: pel media, pel mez stgira
Scottish Gaelic	crathadh-làimhe: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn ’s tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbian	руковање: ни светла ни тамна кожа и средње тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	руковање: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа и средње тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)	rukovanje: ni svetla ni tamna koža i srednje tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	rukovanje: ni svijetla ni tamna koža i srednje tamna koža
Shan	ယိပ်းမိုဝ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ လႄႈ သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
Sindhi	هٿ ملائڻ: پڪو رنگ، وچولو ڪارو رنگ
Sinhala	අතට අත දීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4 සහ සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
Slovak	potrasenie rukami: stredný tón pleti, stredne tmavý tón pleti
Slovenian	rokovanje: srednji ten kože in srednje temen ten kože
Somali	gacan-qaadka salaanta: jidh nooc dhexe, jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
Swahili	kusalimiana: ngozi ya kahawia na ngozi nyeusi kiasi
Tajik	дастфишӯрӣ: ранги миёнаи пӯст ва ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
Tamil	கைகுலுக்கல்: வகை 4, வகை 5
Telugu	కరచాలనం: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు, మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinya	ምጭብባጥ ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ፣ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
Tongan	lulululu: kili melomelo mo e kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
Tswana	tshwarano ka letsogo: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng, letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
Turkmen	el gysyşmak: orta deri reňki, orta goýy deri reňki
Upper Sorbian	zawdaće ruki: srěnja barba kože, srěnjoćmowa barba kože
Urdu	ہاتھ ملانا: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت اور جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
Uyghur	قول قىسىش: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى and ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
Uzbek	qo‘l siqish: 4-teri turi 5-teri turi
Welsh	ysgwyd dwylo: arlliw croen canolog, arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
Wolof	joxante loxo: xeesaayu der bu yam, xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
Xhosa	ukubamba isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi, ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
Yoruba	Ìbọwọ́: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀ àtiadúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)	Ìbɔwɔ́: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀ àtiadúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
Zulu	xhawula: uhlobo-4, uhlobo-5

Codes

Code points: U+1FAF1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1FAF2 U+1F3FE
HTML: 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾
CSS: \1FAF1\1F3FD\200D\1FAF2\1F3FE
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1FAF1}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{1FAF2}\u{1F3FE}
Python: \U0001FAF1\U0001F3FD\u200D\U0001FAF2\U0001F3FE
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F AB B1 F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D F0 9F AB B2 F0 9F 8F BE
UTF-16: D83E DEF1 D83C DFFD 200D D83E DEF2 D83C DFFE
URL encoded: %F0%9F%AB%B1%F0%9F%8F%BD%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%AB%B2%F0%9F%8F%BE

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, medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 is the 🤝 handshake emoji with medium skin tone, medium-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+1F3FE.

How do I type 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾?

Find 🤝 in your emoji keyboard by searching “handshake”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone, medium-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+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

When was 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.