Kiss: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

Two people leaning in to share a kiss, rendered with a medium-light skin tone. The faces are positioned closely together, signaling an intimate moment between a couple.

Usage Context

Used to express affection, confirm a romantic relationship, or flirt during digital conversations. It is frequently sent as a sign-off in messages between partners or to highlight a special date night, often appearing alongside ❤️ or 😘 to emphasize the sentiment.

History

This design originated from the effort to bring diverse human representation to the Unicode standard. Following the 2015 rollout of skin tone modifiers based on the Fitzpatrick scale, this emoji allowed users to better reflect their specific identity when sharing expressions of love, moving away from the default yellow tone that had dominated early mobile messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

💏🏼

Unicode

U+1F48F U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f48f_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC8F;&#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

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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