Kiss: woman, man: light skin tone, medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A composite emoji displaying a woman with a light skin tone and a man with a medium-light skin tone leaning in to share a kiss, connected by a small red heart icon.
Usage Context
This is a versatile tool for expressing affection, romantic interest, or celebrating relationship milestones. It is frequently sent as a digital sign-off in texts to partners or used to announce a budding relationship. It serves as a more specific, identity-focused alternative to the classic 😘 or the standard 👩❤️💋👨 couple emoji.
History
This emoji relies on the Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequence, a technical workaround implemented in the mid-2010s to allow multiple separate characters to render as a single image. This development allowed for diverse skin tone combinations, moving past the static, default-colored characters found in early messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
👩🏻❤💋👨🏼
Unicode
U+1F469 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f469_1f3fb_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f468_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory family
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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