Couple with heart: person, person, medium-dark skin tone, dark skin tone Emoji

People

A composite emoji displaying two people leaning toward one another with a small red heart hovering between them. This version specifically depicts a person with medium-dark skin next to a person with dark skin.

Usage Context

Used to denote a romantic relationship, celebrate an anniversary, or express affection for a partner. It is a staple in text conversations for signaling commitment or announcing a date. It is frequently sent alongside celebratory icons like 🥂 or 💍 when someone wants to share news about their relationship status.

History

While the basic couple with heart design has been a staple of digital communication for years, the ability to select specific skin tones for each person was introduced as part of the Emoji 12.0 update in 2019. This change was a massive technical leap for Unicode, moving away from generic icons to better reflect the diversity of real-world human partnerships.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍❤‍🧑🏿

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_2764_200d_1f9d1_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍❤‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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