People & Body · Emoji 1.0
👬Men Holding Hands Emoji
Generally, it means friendship between men. People use it to show support and connection.
The 👬 emoji shows two men holding hands.
- Unicode
- U+1F46C
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :two_
men_ holding_ hands: - Skin tones
- Yes
01 — Meaning
What does the 👬 Men Holding Hands emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 13 of them.
People also look for it as boys emoji.
02 — Platforms
Men Holding Hands emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1F46C. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Skin tones
Men Holding Hands emoji skin tones
👬 supports all five Fitzpatrick skin tone modifiers. Each one is a separate character sequence — tap any to copy it.
04 — Copy & codes
Men Holding Hands emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :two_men_holding_hands:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the men holding hands, code point U+1F46C.
05 — How to type
How to type the 👬 Men Holding Hands emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
06 — Download
Men Holding Hands emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the men holding hands as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
07 — Combinations
Men Holding Hands emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around men holding hands for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
08 — In conversation
What 👬 means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the men holding hands and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
09 — Around the world
What 👬 means in other countries
Ordinary male-friendship gesture across much of the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, but usually read in the West as a gay couple.
Common, non-romantic way for male friends to walk together in public.
Often assumed by default to represent a same-sex romantic couple.
Also used intentionally as a pride or relationship symbol.
Before you send it: Consider your audience — the same image carries very different assumed meanings by region.
10 — Apps
What 👬 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the men holding hands lands changes how it is taken.
12 — Difference
👬 vs 👭 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Men Holding Hands
Code: U+1F46C · added 2015
Shortcode: :two_men_holding_hands:
Generally, it means friendship between men.
Unicode name: Women Holding Hands
Code: U+1F46D · added 2015
Shortcode: :two_women_holding_hands:
Generally, it means “two friends” or “female friends.”
13 — History
Where the 👬 Men Holding Hands emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 1.0, the men holding hands has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 11.
Same character every time — U+1F46C never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Men Holding Hands was approved as U+1F46C and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 👬 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
14 — FAQ