Kiss: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A representation of two people with medium-dark skin tones leaning in toward each other, their lips touching in a kiss. The figures are positioned side-by-side, visually capturing an intimate moment of affection between a couple.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal romantic interest, celebrate relationship milestones, or convey warmth when messaging a significant other. It frequently appears in texts alongside other relationship-focused icons like ❤️ or 💍 to emphasize commitment and romantic plans.

History

This emoji originated from the base kissing couple icon, which was added to the Unicode set to standardize how romantic relationships were depicted in digital communication. The skin tone variations were later introduced as part of a global initiative to provide more diverse representations of human relationships across messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

💏🏾

Unicode

U+1F48F U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f48f_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC8F;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

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

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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