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

People

A composite emoji depicting two men sharing a kiss, with one man represented by a medium skin tone and the other by a dark skin tone. A small red heart floats between them to emphasize the romantic nature of the interaction.

Usage Context

Used to celebrate same-sex relationships, express affection between partners, or mark romantic milestones like anniversaries and dates. It is frequently sent as a digital sign of love alongside ❤️ or 😘 to convey warmth and intimacy.

History

This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which combines individual person emojis with a heart and kiss symbol. While the base characters have been part of Unicode for years, the ability to render diverse pairings like this became widely available following Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of a broader push for inclusive representation in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍❤‍💋‍👨🏿

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F468 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f468_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍❤‍&#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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