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

People

A composite emoji displaying two people with different skin tones sharing a kiss, with a small red heart hovering between their faces. The figures are gender-neutral, represented with medium-dark and light skin tones respectively.

Usage Context

Used to express affection, romantic interest, or to celebrate a relationship milestone. It acts as a digital stand-in for a quick peck on the cheek or a romantic kiss, frequently sent alongside ❤️ or 😘 to emphasize warmth and intimacy.

History

This sequence was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) technology, which allows various base emojis to be combined into a single, complex character. It reflects the broader move by Unicode to provide more inclusive, diverse representations of human relationships that were missing from early, rigid messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍❤‍💋‍🧑🏻

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f9d1_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍❤‍&#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

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