Kiss: person, person, dark skin tone, light skin tone Emoji

People

A digital representation of two individuals leaning in for a kiss, featuring a dark skin tone partner and a light skin tone partner. A small red heart floats between their faces to signal affection.

Usage Context

Used to express romantic feelings, affection, or a flirtatious greeting in private messages and social media posts. People often use it to celebrate anniversaries or confirm a relationship status, frequently alongside emojis like ❤️ or 🥰.

History

This emoji is a complex sequence created using ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) technology. This technical approach allows platforms to combine multiple existing person and heart characters into a single glyph, a method adopted by Unicode to improve representation and inclusivity for modern mobile communication.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏿‍❤‍💋‍🧑🏻

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f9d1_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍❤‍&#xD83D;&#xDC8B;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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