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

People

A digital representation of two men with dark skin tones sharing a romantic kiss, typically connected by a small floating red heart. This sequence combines multiple distinct emoji parts to create a unified image of affection.

Usage Context

Widely used to celebrate relationships, dating, or anniversaries. It is a go-to for expressing romantic feelings in text messages or social media posts, often acting as a direct shorthand for 'I love you' or 'mwah.' It serves as an alternative to the more gender-neutral 👩‍❤‍💋‍👨 or the feminine 👩‍❤‍💋‍👩.

History

This sequence was made possible through ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) technology, which allows multiple existing emoji characters to be linked together to create complex combinations. It reflects the push for greater inclusivity in digital communication, arriving as part of the expansion of diverse family and couple emojis in recent Unicode updates.

Details

Glyph

👨🏿‍❤‍💋‍👨🏿

Unicode

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

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f468_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

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

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