Two hands clasped together mid-shake, the handshake emoji represents agreement, partnership, or a deal sealed. It closes negotiations, confirms plans, and greets new connections, with skin-tone options letting each hand in the shake be set independently.
What 🤝 means
Two hands (from two different people, of course) coming together in a mutual handshake. This emoji signifies a sense of a reciprocal agreement on a decision.
The 🤝 Handshake emoji also suggests friendliness, cordiality, mutual understanding, and respect for each other. It is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If you and your buddy finally agreed on the same thing, you can both send the 🤝 emoji (it would be hilarious, but it still signifies something meaningful).
- 🤝 could also be used in sarcastic contexts, like using this emoji along with a post that's ironic or absolutely garbage.
- You can also bring in the 🤝 emoji while settling a plan or decision.
- 🤝 can be used to replace phrases like "Cool", "Done", "Okay", "Will do", etc.
- If you're meeting someone for the first time online, you can use 🤝 to recreate the non-virtual way of meeting someone new.
- 🤝 could also be used to say 'nice meeting you'.
Other Names
- 🤝 Agreement
- 🤝 Agree
- 🤝 Cordiality
- 🤝 Mutual Understanding
- 🤝 Respect
- 🤝 Shaking Hands
- 🤝 Hello
- 🤝 Okay
- 🤝 Done
- 🤝 Nice Meeting You
- 🤝 Goodbye
- 🤝 Deal
🤝 in real conversations
What does 🤝 mean from a girl?
Deal sealed — she's agreeing to plans, a favor, or a compromise. It also stands in for “nice meeting you” after an introduction that happened entirely over text.
What does 🤝 mean from a guy?
Business-brain shorthand: closing a deal, confirming a bet, or locking in weekend plans. It gets used ironically too, for agreements that are obviously one-sided.
What does 🤝 mean in texting?
Mutual agreement, formalized. It stands in for “deal,” “done,” or “pleasure doing business” — and unlike a thumbs-up, it implies both sides actually negotiated something.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › hands
- Codepoints
U+1F91D- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0
- Shortcodes
:handshake::shaking_hands:Discord- Keywords
- agreement, deal, hand, handshake, meeting, shake
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Skin tone variations
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🤝 Handshake or 😢 Crying Face?
Runs with a crowd
🤝 keeps company in hand emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.