Women Holding Hands 👭

Two women depicted side by side, holding hands with linked arms. The design typically shows them in profile or frontal view, often rendered in warm skin tones with varied hair styles depending on the platform. It's a straightforward, joyful illustration of connection and togetherness.

People use this to celebrate close female friendships—your ride-or-die, your bestie, your day-one. It's become a staple for hyping up girl groups, friend group photos, or announcing plans with the girls. Beyond friendship, it's commonly used in LGBTQ+ contexts to represent lesbian relationships and romantic bonds between women, making it an important symbol of visibility and pride.

On social media, you'll see it in captions about sisterhood, squad goals, or relationship announcements. It works equally well for platonic and romantic contexts, which is part of its beauty—the meaning depends entirely on how the sender frames it. Some people use it ironically to joke about their friendship intensity.

The design varies subtly across platforms—Apple tends toward more cartoonish proportions while Google keeps things cleaner. This became a widely requested emoji precisely because representation mattered; before its official rollout, LGBTQ+ communities needed symbols that felt authentic. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 1.0 in 2015, it marked an important step toward more inclusive emoji design.