The male version of <a href="/person/">🧑 Person</a>.

A&nbsp;pale skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

<ul>
	<li>Type 1 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick Scale</a>&nbsp;of skin tones is described as:&nbsp;Pale white; blond or red hair; blue eyes; freckles</li>
	<li>Type 2 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick Scale</a>&nbsp;of skin tones is described as:&nbsp;White; fair; blond or red hair; blue, green, or hazel eyes</li>
</ul>

This is a combination of type 1&nbsp;(pale white) and type 2 (white). Despite the descriptions, Apple&rsquo;s artwork tends to display this type-1-2 skin tone modifier with dark hair.

Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-1-2

Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) is a Unicode character that joins two or more other characters together in sequence to create a new emoji.

Zero Width Joiner, pronounced &quot;zwidge&quot;, is not an emoji and has no appearance by itself. This&nbsp;is an invisible character when used alone.

View&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/" title="Emoji ZWJ Sequences">Emoji ZWJ Sequences</a>&nbsp;that use this character.

Zero Width Joiner

Two hands performing a handshake gesture, indicating a&nbsp;cordial greeting between friends or associates.

As of late 2021&#39;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations, this emoji design has multiple <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">skin tone modifier</a> options. Certain platforms did, however, support a small number of single skin tone options for the handshake emoji prior to 2021 (e.g. both <a href="/google/android-7.1/new/">Google</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/new/">Samsung</a> in 2017).&nbsp;<a href="/handshakes/">View all handshake emojis</a>.

Handshake

A black&nbsp;skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

Type 6 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick Scale</a>&nbsp;of skin tones is described as:&nbsp;Deeply pigmented dark brown to black

Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-6

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Discord

Men Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Apple

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Microsoft

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

WhatsApp

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Twitter / X

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Huawei

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Twitter Emoji Stickers

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

Sony Playstation

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

OpenMoji

Completed in late October 2023, OpenMoji 15.0 provided support for <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0">Emoji 15.0</a> within the open-source emoji set.&nbsp;

15.0

Released 2022-07-05, OpenMoji 14.0&nbsp;debuted support for <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>&nbsp;within the open source emoji set. This update also modified&nbsp;several existing emoji designs.

<a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/releases/tag/14.0.0">More about this update.</a>

14.0

Released 2021-06-29, OpenMoji 13.1&nbsp;included support for Emoji 13.1&nbsp;emojis. <a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/releases/tag/13.1.0">More about this update.</a>

13.1

Released 2020-11-13, OpenMoji 13.0 included support for Emoji 13.0 emojis. It also updated several previously released designs to have a new gender-inclusive appearance. <a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/tree/13.0.0">More about this update</a>.

13.0

Released 2020-05-22, OpenMoji 12.3 <a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/releases/tag/12.3.0">increased</a> partial&nbsp;support for&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>. A total of 17 new emojis were added to the set, while 4 designs were modified.

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