Kiss: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A side-profile depiction of two people with medium-toned skin leaning in to kiss. Both figures have their eyes closed, suggesting an intimate and affectionate moment between a couple.

Usage Context

Used to express love, romance, or a playful 'mwah' in text messages. It is a go-to for anniversaries, Valentine's Day, or simply confirming a date. People often pair it with ❤️ or 💋 to dial up the romantic sentiment.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The multi-skin tone options were later introduced in 2015 as part of an effort to make digital communication more inclusive, allowing users to better represent the diversity of real-world relationships.

Details

Glyph

💏🏽

Unicode

U+1F48F U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f48f_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC8F;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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