Couple with heart: man, man: light skin tone, light skin tone Emoji

People

A digital representation of two men, both with light skin tones, standing side-by-side with a red heart floating between them. The design highlights a romantic connection between two people of the same gender.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for celebrating anniversaries, declaring love, or simply showing off a partner. It’s frequently used alongside other relationship-themed icons like ❤️ or 💍 to emphasize commitment, dating, or a shared life together.

History

This emoji was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences in Unicode 8.0, released in 2015. This technical update allowed developers to combine existing individual person emojis into complex groups, finally enabling more inclusive representation for diverse relationships in messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

👨🏻‍❤‍👨🏻

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_2764_200d_1f468_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍❤‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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