Kiss: person, person, dark skin tone, light skin tone Emoji

People

A digital representation of two individuals leaning in for a kiss, featuring a dark skin tone partner and a light skin tone partner. A small red heart floats between their faces to signal affection.

Usage Context

Used to express romantic feelings, affection, or a flirtatious greeting in private messages and social media posts. People often use it to celebrate anniversaries or confirm a relationship status, frequently alongside emojis like ❤️ or 🥰.

History

This emoji is a complex sequence created using ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) technology. This technical approach allows platforms to combine multiple existing person and heart characters into a single glyph, a method adopted by Unicode to improve representation and inclusivity for modern mobile communication.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏿‍❤‍💋‍🧑🏻

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f9d1_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍❤‍&#xD83D;&#xDC8B;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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