| Emoji | 🧑🤝🧑 |
| Name | people holding hands |
| Unicode Codepoint | U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1 |
| Category | People & Body |
| Subcategory | Family |
| Emoji Version | 12 |
| Tags | bae, bestie, bff, couple, dating, flirt, friends, hand, hold, people, twins |
| Decimal Value | 129489 |
| Hex Value | 0x1F9D1-200D-1F91D-200D-1F9D1 |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | 🧑 / 🧑-200D-1F91D-200D-1F9D1; |
The people holding hands emoji represents a person, body part, gesture, or human activity — this category is deliberately broad and detailed so that messaging can represent people, professions, and gestures with more accuracy and inclusivity than earlier, more limited emoji sets allowed.
Category context: The People & Body category is Unicode's largest emoji group, covering body parts, hand gestures, family compositions, professions, and activities — many of which support optional skin-tone modifiers to represent human diversity.
Cataloged under Family within the People & Body category, people holding hands is the 385th of 2418 emoji How To Type Any Symbol lists in this category, and was introduced in Emoji version 12 of the Unicode Emoji Standard. Technically, it is built from multiple combined Unicode code points (a "sequence") rather than a single character — a common technique for representing flags, family groups, and complex expressions. Its Unicode code point sequence is U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F91D U+200D U+1F9D1.
💡 Good to know: This emoji, like all emoji, renders differently across platforms and operating systems — always preview on your target device before finalizing important visual communication.