Men holding hands

What 👬 means

Two men holding hands. It means brothers, best friends, or a gay couple, depending on who sends it.

Men use it for a boyfriend or husband, and friends use it for a close bond or bromance. It shows up in Pride content, in sibling posts, and in announcements of a buddy trip.

Facts

Men holding hands 👬 is an emoji in the people and body category, under family. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It comes in 25 skin tone combinations, one tone for each person. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :two_men_holding_hands: or :men_holding_hands:. People also look for it with words like “bae”, “bestie”, “bff”, or “boys”.

Timeline

1. 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 1.0)
2. 2019Skin tones added (Emoji 12.0)
3. 2019Mixed skin tones added, one tone per person (Emoji 12.0)

Design history

Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.

people & body · Emoji 1.0