Best Friend Emoji: Friends, Brother, Sister and Family Emojis

Best Friend Emoji Meanings

These meanings come from how people use the emojis, not from an official rule.

Why yellow? A red heart ❤️ can sound romantic. 💛 is warm without that meaning, so it is the safe emoji for best friend messages. 🫂 came in Emoji 13.0 and 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 in Emoji 12.0; the second is joined from three parts, so an old phone may show 🧑🤝🧑 separately. For heart colours in detail, see heart emoji.

Emoji for Brother, Sister and Family

There is no special "brother emoji" or "sister emoji" in Unicode. People combine people and feelings instead. The usual emoji for brother love is 💙 or 🫂, the usual emoji for sister is 👭 or 🌸, and a brother sister emoji pair is 👫 with 🧿 or 🎁:

👫 (woman and man holding hands) works for brother and sister, though some readers may take it as a couple, so add a word like "bhai" or "didi". Family emojis like 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 are joined from several people and come in many combinations; on older phones they may break into single faces. For Raksha Bandhan sets, see Indian emoji.

Friendship Day Emoji Messages and Dosti Lines

Copy, paste and change a word or two to make it yours.

• Happy Friendship Day 💛🫂 Thanks for staying through every silly phase
• Some people knock, best friends walk straight in and open the fridge 😄🍕
• Dosti ka rishta, sabse sasta aur sabse pakka 🤝💛 (दोस्ती का रिश्ता, सबसे सस्ता और सबसे पक्का)
• Yaar tere bina sab adhoora 🫂 (यार तेरे बिना सब अधूरा)
• Same school, same bench, same jokes for ten years 👬📚😂
• Best friends forever, no terms and conditions 💛✨

The dosti emoji set most Indian friends use is 🤝💛 or 🫂😄. For more lines, see emoji status in Hindi.

Group Chat Emoji and Contact Name Ideas

Group chat emoji names

• The Squad 🔥🙌
• Bench No. 3 📚😂
• Chai Pe Charcha ☕🗣️
• Trip Planners Who Never Go ✈️🙄
• Family Group 🏡🙏 (good morning messages guaranteed)

Contact names with emojis

Adding an emoji to a saved name makes the chat easy to spot:

• Best friend: Bestie 💛, Partner in Crime 😈, BFF 🫂
• Brother: Bhai 💪, Big Bro 🛡️
• Sister: Didi 🌸, Choti 🎀
• Girlfriend or boyfriend: name with 💖, 🌙 or 🧸 for a cute, clean touch

A popular girlfriend emoji is 💖 or 🌸, and for a boyfriend many people pick 🧸 or 💙. Keep it sweet and simple; contact names can be seen by anyone who picks up your phone.

Short, clear names work best because long ones get cut off in the chat list.

Snapchat Friend Emojis and Fake Friend Emoji

Some apps show their own friend emojis next to names. Snapchat, for example, has used a yellow heart 💛 to mark someone as your number one best friend, with other emojis for streaks and mutual best friends. These meanings belong to the app, can change over time, and can be customised in its settings where available, so check the app's own help page for the current list. They are separate from the emojis you type. For app-specific tips, see Instagram emoji.

On the other side, people often use 🐍 for a fake friend and 🤡 for someone who keeps fooling around. They are jokes among friends but can hurt in public, so think before posting.

Emoji Games for Friends and How to Type Them

Emoji dare games for friends are a fun way to wake up a quiet group. Keep the dares harmless and skip anything that could embarrass someone in public:

1. Guess the movie: send 🦁👑 or 🚢🧊💔 and let friends guess.
2. Describe your day in three emojis: 😴📚🍜.
3. Truth or dare by emoji: 🤔 means truth, 😈 means dare.

More puzzles are on our emoji quiz page.

Typing: on Android or iPhone, open the emoji keyboard and search "hug", "handshake" or "yellow heart". On Windows use Windows+.; on Mac use Control+Command+Space. In Word, 1FAC2 then Alt+X gives 🫂 and 1F49B then Alt+X gives 💛. The joined 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 has no single Word code, so copy it from the grid. Text versions like <3 and \(^_^)/ also work. More categories are on the emoji hub.