The Brief: The people hugging emoji depicts two blue figures embracing.

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Officially listed as the “people hugging” emoji, πŸ«‚ this emoji is part of Unicode’s 13.0 release for 2020. It shows two blue human figures embracing. This icon is similar to the hugging face emoji πŸ€— , but represents two people in the act of hugging each other.