It is also known as the hug emoji. 🫂 People Hugging is an emoji from the People & Body category. Its Unicode code point is U+1FAC2 and it was released in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🫂 People Hugging mean?
🫂 People Hugging is part of the “People Symbols” set in the People & Body emoji category. People often use it in messages about comfort, embrace, farewell, friendship and goodbye. It was approved as part of Emoji 13.0 in 2020 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :people_hugging: to insert it.
People Hugging emoji codes
| Emoji | 🫂 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1FAC2 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🫂 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🫂 |
| CSS | \1FAC2 |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAC2} |
| Python | \U0001FAC2 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%AB%82 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AB 82 |
| Shortcode | :people_hugging: |
How to type 🫂 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “people hugging”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “people hugging”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “hug”.
- HTML: write
🫂in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
People Hugging keywords
- comfort
- embrace
- farewell
- friendship
- goodbye
- hello
- hug
- hugging
- love
- people
- thanks
Frequently asked questions
What does 🫂 mean?
🫂 People Hugging is part of the “People Symbols” set in the People & Body emoji category. People often use it in messages about comfort, embrace, farewell, friendship and goodbye. It was approved as part of Emoji 13.0 in 2020 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :people_hugging: to insert it.
What is the 🫂 emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is People Hugging, but people also call it the hug emoji.
How do I copy and paste the People Hugging emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🫂 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🫂 People Hugging added to Unicode?
People Hugging was released as part of Emoji 13.0 in 2020.
Related People Symbols emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.