Two people, drawn as a woman and a man in different outfits and hairstyles, stand side by side holding hands. It covers a straight couple, best friends, or siblings just as easily, so context does the work of deciding whether it's romantic or platonic.
What 👫 means
A double-charactered emoji with a woman and a man dressed in different attires of different colors and different hairdos, standing next to each other while they hold hands.
The 👫 Woman and Man Holding Hands emoji signifies closeness, unity, intimacy, and togetherness. It can refer to a heterosexual couple, partners, siblings, best friends, any affectionate relationship that is definable with a woman, and a man (friend zones are included too, I'm guessing).
This emoji is available in the designated skin tones on almost all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If you're posting a picture with your best friend, a partner in crime, life partner, or all of this in one person, you can use 👫 in the post caption.
- You can also use 👫 in the caption while wishing someone or yourself through a text message or a post for a special anniversary.
- If you want emojis for any given caption where the characters look like a human chain, you can use as many of the 👫 emoji -- like "👫👫👫👫". For added diversity, use other holding hands emojis such as 👭 Women Holding Hands, 👬 Men Holding Hands, and 🧑🤝🧑 People Holding Hands.
- 👫 can be included in the context of referring to the whole by mentioning a part of it. For example, if you're celebrating with a post or a tweet after hitting a milestone number of followers, you can use this emoji to thank all your followers, like "Thank you all for supporting my thoughts and words 👫".
- If you're sharing an e-invite for an event or a casual party, you can use 👫 while informing the recipients to bring along a partner or a date.
- Are you posting some adorable pictures from a recent playdate with your kids or a picnic with your family or any special time shared with the ones you love? Then, use 👫 in the post caption (if you're a heterosexual couple and/or you have a son and a daughter, of course).
Other Names
- 👫 Heterosexual Couple
- 👫 Duet
- 👫 Man and Woman Holding Hands
- 👫 Romantic Partners
- 👫 Best Friends (yes, a boy and a girl can be best friends)
- 👫 Lovers
- 👫 Platonic Love (this is one possibility too)
- 👫 Siblings
👫 in real conversations
What does 👫 mean if they're not a couple?
It covers that just fine — best friends, siblings, or two people who are simply close read the same as a couple would, since the artwork itself doesn't commit either way. There's no heart in the image, unlike 💏 or 💑, so context around it is doing all the work of deciding romantic or platonic.
Why do people use 👫 for best friends, not just couples?
Because nothing in the design forces a romantic read — no heart, no kiss, just two people standing together holding hands. That neutrality makes it safe for a caption about a best friend or a sibling without anyone assuming it's a relationship post, something 💑 can't really pull off.
What does 👫 mean from a guy who's not officially dating someone yet?
Early-stage, not-quite-labeled territory — hand holding without the heart or the declaration, which fits a situationship better than an established couple. '👫 tonight' can mean a real date or just two people figuring out what they are, and the emoji itself is vague enough to not force the question either way.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › family
- Codepoints
U+1F46B- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:couple::man_and_woman_holding_hands:Slack:woman_and_man_holding_hands:Slack- Keywords
- bae, bestie, bff, couple, dating, flirt, friends, hand, hold, man, twins, woman
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
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 👫 Woman and Man Holding Hands or 🌍 Globe Showing Europe-Africa?