🤝🏽
handshake: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F91D 1F3FD
Description
Two hands clasped together, symbolizing a handshake. The hand on the right (recipient's hand) has a medium skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > hands
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents agreement, greeting, negotiation, partnership, or trust. Can also convey thanks or a pact.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 8.0 (2015) as the 'Handshake' emoji. The ability to specify skin tone variations for hands was added in Unicode 8.0 simultaneously, allowing for more diverse representation.
Usage Examples
- Confirming a deal: 'It's a done deal! 🤝🏽'
- Greeting someone: 'Nice to meet you! 🤝🏽'
- Showing agreement: 'Totally agree with your point! 🤝🏽'
- Representing collaboration: 'Let's work together on this project! 🤝🏽'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used for formal or informal greetings, concluding a deal, or showing agreement.
East Asian culture:
Less common as a direct greeting emoji compared to bowing or waving. May be used more to signify business agreements or reconciliation.