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

People

A digital representation of two men sharing a kiss, featuring one person with medium-dark skin and the other with medium-light skin. A small, vibrant red heart hovers between them to emphasize the romantic connection.

Usage Context

Used to express affection, confirm a date, or celebrate a relationship. People frequently send this to partners as a digital sign-off or to show public support for same-sex relationships. It is often paired with other relationship-focused icons like ❤️ or 💍 when celebrating an anniversary.

History

This emoji was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences, which allow platforms to combine multiple individual emoji into a single complex character. This specific combination was added to the Unicode standard to provide better representation for diverse LGBTQ+ couples following widespread user demand for more inclusive human emojis.

Details

Glyph

👨🏾‍❤‍💋‍👨🏼

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fe_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f468_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍❤‍&#xD83D;&#xDC8B;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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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