Handshake Emoji

Mixed skin tone support for this emoji was approved in September 2021 and debuted on most platforms in late 2021 and throughout 2022. As a universal sign of partnership and companionship done between 2 parties, this emoji is widespread all over the world. To express support and greet the receiver, this emoji was introduced and is still used by Internet & manual electronic device users globally. This emoji shows 2 palms colliding into one another and becoming one just like a handshake.

HISTORY:

The handshake emoji has a very long and broadened history, and its usage starts right from the actual use of emojis. Slowly, it started gaining lots of popularity and instead of merely sending smiley emojis, people started sending this handshake emoji to express their gratitude and importance of the partnership between 2 parties. 

Soon, the emoji got listed in the Unicode and its worldwide acceptance & usage increased with each passing day. It continues to rank among the topmost in the list of most used emojis, other than facial emojis throughout the world.

USES:

As a human handshake suggests companionship and unity, the same goes for this emoji as well. It gives a representation of 2 people shaking hands and agreeing to something or uniting for something. This emoji can be sent as a token of partnership, and the receiver is surely pleased to a great extent to receive it from the sender, wishing to have a good partnership with them for a longer time.