Couple with heart: man, man: dark skin tone, medium skin tone Emoji

People

A representation of two men, one with dark skin and the other with medium skin, joined by a floating red heart. This combined character displays two distinct individuals brought together, emphasizing a romantic connection between same-sex partners.

Usage Context

Used to celebrate relationships, anniversaries, or simply to show affection for a significant other. It is a popular choice for social media posts about dating or long-term partnerships, often used alongside other romantic icons like ❤️ or 😘.

History

This emoji was made possible through the development of ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequences, which allow multiple individual emoji characters to be combined into a single display. This technology was implemented by the Unicode Consortium to increase diversity and allow users to better represent their own real-world relationships.

Details

Glyph

👨🏿‍❤‍👨🏽

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_2764_200d_1f468_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍❤‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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