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

People

A composite emoji displaying two men standing side-by-side with a floating red heart between them. One figure features a light skin tone while the other features a medium-dark skin tone, reflecting the push for inclusive representation in digital relationships.

Usage Context

Used to celebrate gay relationships, romantic milestones, or general affection. It serves as a visual shorthand for partners, husbands, or boyfriends. It is frequently sent alongside ❤️ or 🏳️‍🌈 to express support or highlight a personal connection.

History

This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence that combines multiple individual characters to create a single display. While early messaging platforms were limited to generic human icons, this specific sequence was standardized in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of an effort to broaden the diversity of family and relationship icons available to mobile users.

Details

Glyph

👨🏻‍❤‍👨🏾

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_2764_200d_1f468_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

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

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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