right-facing fist: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F91C 1F3FC
Description
Two hands shaking, with the right hand having a medium-dark skin tone. The gesture signifies a friendly or professional greeting, agreement, or a deal.
Group:
People & Body > hand-fingers-closed
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents agreement, welcome, completion of a deal, or general greeting. It is a very neutral and universal symbol often used in formal and informal contexts.
Backstory
The handshake emoji was introduced in Unicode 8.0 (2015). It is one of the foundational emojis that reflects a common human interaction. The addition of skin tone modifiers (like 1F3FC for medium-dark skin tone) allows for more inclusive and diverse representation.
Usage Examples
- Confirming an agreement: 'Deal! 🤝🏽'
- Greeting someone: 'Nice to meet you! 🤝🏽'
- Concluding a transaction: 'Thanks for your business! 🤝🏽'
- Expressing partnership: 'Let's work together on this! 🤝🏽'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Widely used to represent a handshake, agreement, or a greeting.
East Asian culture:
Similar meaning of agreement or greeting, though physical handshakes might be less common in some traditional contexts compared to bows.