Kiss: man, man: medium skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A digital representation of two men sharing a kiss, featuring one person with medium skin tone and another with medium-light skin tone. A small red heart floats between them, signifying romantic affection.

Usage Context

Used to celebrate relationships, anniversaries, or to send a romantic gesture in texts. It is frequently sent alongside other relationship-focused icons like ❤️ or 😘 to emphasize commitment and attraction between partners.

History

This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, a technical method that glues separate emojis together to create a single display character. It was introduced as part of the move toward inclusive representation in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, allowing users to better reflect diverse real-world pairings that weren't supported in earlier, more rigid character sets.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍❤‍💋‍👨🏼

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f468_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍❤‍&#xD83D;&#xDC8B;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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