People & Body · Emoji 13.0
🫂People Hugging Emoji
Basically, it means “I’m sending you a hug.” People use it to show they care and want to offer support in a digital way.
The 🫂 emoji shows two people hugging.
- Unicode
- U+1FAC2
- Released
- 2020
- Shortcode
- :people_
hugging: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🫂 People Hugging emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
People also look for it as comfort hug emoji, friendship emoji, love hug emoji.
02 — Platforms
People Hugging emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1FAC2 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your people hugging looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
People Hugging emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :people_hugging:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the people hugging, code point U+1FAC2.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🫂 People Hugging emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
People Hugging emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Samsung
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
People Hugging emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around people hugging 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 with 🫂, 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
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
09 — Around the world
What 🫂 means in other countries
Works everywhere as a comfort or solidarity gesture, even though everyday physical-touch norms behind it vary a lot by region.
Hugging is a default, low-key greeting between friends.
Physical touch is generally more reserved, so a hug carries stronger emotional weight.
Used broadly as a comfort emoji regardless of regional touch norms.
Before you send it: Reliable for offering comfort anywhere — just know it implies more intimacy in less touch-forward cultures.
10 — Apps
What 🫂 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1FAC2, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
11 — Related
Emojis similar to the People Hugging emoji
Same family (person-symbol) — often confused with people hugging or used alongside it.
People & Body →
Fingerprint
👪Family
🗣️Speaking Head
👤Bust in Silhouette
👥Busts in Silhouette
Family Adult, Adult, Child
Family Adult, Adult, Child, Child
Family Adult, Child
Family Adult, Child, Child
👋Waving Hand
🤚Raised Back of Hand
Collections 🫂 belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:
12 — Difference
🫂 vs 👯 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: People Hugging
Code: U+1FAC2 · added 2020
Shortcode: :people_hugging:
Basically, it means “I’m sending you a hug.”
Unicode name: People with Bunny Ears
Code: U+1F46F · added 2010
Shortcode: :dancers:
It generally means “double” or “together.”
13 — History
Where the 🫂 People Hugging emoji came from
It arrived with the 13.0 release of the standard, which dates the people hugging to 2020.
Same character every time — U+1FAC2 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.
People Hugging was approved as U+1FAC2 and shipped in Emoji 13.0 (2020). 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