Kiss: man, man: light skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji

People

A composite emoji showing two men kissing, featuring a light skin tone for the first man and a dark skin tone for the second. A small red heart floats between them, indicating romantic affection.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to celebrate same-sex relationships, dating milestones, or general romantic gestures. It is frequently sent in messages to partners or shared on social media to commemorate anniversaries, often appearing alongside ❤️ or 😘 to emphasize the connection.

History

This sequence was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. These technical sequences allowed the platform to combine individual person emojis with the heart and kiss symbols to represent a wider range of diverse, inclusive human relationships that were previously unsupported.

Details

Glyph

👨🏻‍❤‍💋‍👨🏿

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f468_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍❤‍&#xD83D;&#xDC8B;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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