Kiss: person, person, dark skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A composite emoji displaying two people leaning in to share a kiss. This version features one individual with a dark skin tone and another with a medium-light skin tone, connected by a small red heart hovering between their faces.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to choice for expressing romantic affection, celebrating an anniversary, or sending a virtual peck to a partner. It is frequently used in texts between couples or when discussing dating and relationships. It works well alongside related romantic icons like ❤ or 🥰 to emphasize a message of love.
History
While the basic kiss emoji has been part of the Unicode standard for years, the ability to combine specific skin tones using Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences was introduced in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. This update was a major push toward inclusivity, allowing users to accurately reflect diverse real-world relationships.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏿❤💋🧑🏼
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f9d1_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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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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