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

People

An illustration featuring two people connected by a floating pink heart. This version specifically displays a person with a medium-light skin tone next to a person with a dark skin tone, representing a diverse partnership.

Usage Context

This emoji is a go-to for celebrating relationships, anniversaries, or posting about a significant other. It functions as a shorthand for romantic affection and is often used alongside 😍 or 💕 to express joy in a shared bond.

History

The concept of representing couples with hearts dates back to early digital chat rooms where users combined text characters like '<3' to signify love. This specific multi-person emoji was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences, allowing platforms to combine individual person emojis into a single, cohesive unit to better reflect modern diversity.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏼‍❤‍🧑🏿

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_200d_2764_200d_1f9d1_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍❤‍&#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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