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

People

A gender-neutral representation of two people sharing a kiss, featuring a light skin tone individual and a medium-dark skin tone individual. A small red heart floats between their faces, signaling a romantic connection.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to express affection, confirm a date, or celebrate an anniversary. It functions as a digital shorthand for a kiss, replacing the typed 'xoxo' or 'mwah' in casual messaging. It is often sent alongside other romantic icons like 😍 or 🥰 to emphasize emotional closeness.

History

This sequence was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences in Unicode, which allow multiple individual emojis to be combined into a single, complex character. The expansion of these combinations was a direct response to user demands for better representation of diverse, mixed-race couples in everyday digital conversation.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏻‍❤‍💋‍🧑🏾

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fb_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f9d1_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

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

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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