The Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block has twelve emoji that represent people or body parts.
They can be modified using U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF to provide for a range of skin tones using the Fitzpatrick scale:[4]
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block:
Daniel, Jennifer (July 2019), Right Hand Gesturing Right and Right Hand Gesturing Left (+ related ZWJ sequence to create Multi-Skintoned Handshake Emoji) for Unicode 14.0
Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "E.1.3.1 Recommendations for Emoji ZWJ sequences for multi-skintoned handshake for Unicode 14.0", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
Cummings, Craig (2022-01-27), "Consensus 169-C14", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 169, Accept the repertoire of 21 provisional emoji candidates as documented in L2/21-172R
Constable, Peter (2022-07-27), "Consensus 171-C26", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 171, Approve the 20 emoji draft candidates for encoding, along with 10 skintone variants