Meaning
Two men depicted holding hands, rendered with varied skin tones, hairstyles, and facial features across different platforms. The image conveys warmth and connection through a simple, direct gestureβtwo figures linked together in companionship. The composition mirrors its female counterpart while maintaining distinct visual identity.
This is primarily used to represent romantic relationships and partnerships between men, making it essential for LGBTQ+ expression and visibility in messaging. People use it in relationship announcements, pride posts, and love declarations. It's also employed within male friendship contexts to emphasize particularly close bonds, though its romantic connotation tends to dominate usage patterns.
On dating apps, social media, and in personal messages, it serves as shorthand for male same-sex couples. It appears frequently during Pride Month, in relationship milestone posts, and whenever someone wants to celebrate their male partner. The emoji carries cultural significance beyond its literal depictionβit represents acceptance, love visibility, and the normalization of diverse relationships in digital spaces.
Like the women holding hands emoji, design details vary by platform, with Apple typically offering warmer, more expressive renderings. Both arrived together as part of Unicode Emoji 1.0 in 2015, representing a watershed moment for LGBTQ+ inclusion. That same year marked the beginning of a larger shift toward depicting relationships authentically across the full spectrum of human connection.
Common Uses
- • Expressing romantic love between men
- • Announcing a male same-sex relationship
- • Celebrating close male friendship or brotherhood
- • LGBTQ+ pride and representation
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
This emoji arrived in the same 2015 update as its female counterpart, and together they fundamentally expanded how LGBTQ+ users could represent themselves in digital communication.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:two_men_holding_hands: :two_men_holding_hands: :two_men_holding_hands: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👬 |
| HTML (hex) | 👬 |
| CSS | \1F46C |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC6C |
| Python | \U0001F46C |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC6C |
| Perl | \x{1F46C} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F46C} |
| Punycode | xn--2quk |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%AC |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xAC |
π¬ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | দΰ§ΰ¦ΰ¦¨ ΰ¦ͺΰ§ΰ¦°ΰ§ΰ¦· ΰ¦Ήΰ¦Ύΰ¦° ধরৠদা঑়িয়ৠΰ¦ΰ¦ΰ§ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | ζζζηδΈ€δΈͺη·δΊΊ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | ε ©εη·δΊΊ |
| Danish | to mΓ¦nd hΓ₯nd i hΓ₯nd |
| Dutch | mannen hand in hand |
| English | men holding hands |
| English (UK) | men holding hands |
| Estonian | kΓ€est kinni hoidvad mehed |
| Finnish | kaksi miestΓ€ kΓ€si kΓ€dessΓ€ |
| French | deux hommes se tenant la main |
| German | HΓ€ndchen haltende MΓ€nner |
| Hindi | ΰ€Ήΰ€Ύΰ€₯ ΰ€ͺΰ€ΰ€‘ΰ€Όΰ₯ ΰ€¦ΰ₯ ΰ€ͺΰ₯ΰ€°ΰ₯ΰ€· |
| Hungarian | kΓ©zen fogva Γ‘llΓ³ fΓ©rfiak |
| Italian | due uomini che si tengono per mano |
| Japanese | ζγγ€γͺγη·ζ§ |
| Korean | μμ μ‘κ³ μλ λ λͺ μ λ¨μ |
| Lithuanian | du vyrai, susikibΔ uΕΎ rankΕ³ |
| Malay | dua lelaki berpegangan tangan |
| Norwegian | menn som leier |
| Polish | dwΓ³ch mΔΕΌczyzn trzymajΔ cych siΔ za rΔce |
| Portuguese | dois homens de mΓ£os dadas |
| Russian | Π΄Π²ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΌΡΠΆΡΠΈΠ½ |
| Spanish | hombres de la mano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | hombres de la mano |
| Swedish | tvΓ₯ mΓ€n hΓ₯ller hand |
| Thai | ΰΈΰΈ²ΰΈ’-ΰΈΰΈ²ΰΈ’ΰΈΰΈ±ΰΈΰΈ‘ΰΈ·ΰΈ |
| Ukrainian | ΡΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈ, ΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡΡΡΡ Π·Π° ΡΡΠΊΠΈ |
| Vietnamese | hai ngΖ°α»i ΔΓ n Γ΄ng nαΊ―m tay |