handshake: medium-light skin tone
A handshake emoji where two hands are clasped together. Thehand is the color of skin.
There are different emoji meanings for handshake: medium-light skin tone in different cultures:
- Western culture
- Commonly used for formal and informal greetings, pacts, and expressions of friendship or business agreements.
- East Asian culture
- Similar usage, but handshakes might be less common than bowing in some formal contexts. Still understood as a symbol of agreement or welcome.
- Middle East culture
- Can signify agreement or respect, but gender segregation norms might apply to who shakes hands with whom.
