Kiss: person, person, medium-light skin tone, light skin tone Emoji
People
A composite emoji displaying two people with varying skin tones leaning in to share a kiss, with a small red heart hovering between their faces. The figures are gender-neutral, represented by a singular, non-distinct head shape.
Usage Context
Used to convey affection, romantic interest, or a friendly peck on the cheek. It frequently pops up in conversations about relationships, anniversaries, or flirty text exchanges. It serves as a more specific alternative to the classic ๐ or the standard โค๏ธ when users want to emphasize a physical interaction between two people.
History
This emoji was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences in Unicode 9.0, released in 2016. This technology allowed developers to combine individual person emojis with a heart and a kiss mark to build complex, inclusive character clusters that were previously impossible to render as a single unit.
Details
Glyph
๐ง๐ผโโคโ๐โ๐ง๐ป
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f9d1_1f3fb:
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. ยฉ 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.