Kiss: person, person, medium-light skin tone, light skin tone Emoji
People
A composite emoji displaying two people with varying skin tones leaning in to share a kiss, with a small red heart hovering between their faces. The figures are gender-neutral, represented by a singular, non-distinct head shape.
Usage Context
Used to convey affection, romantic interest, or a friendly peck on the cheek. It frequently pops up in conversations about relationships, anniversaries, or flirty text exchanges. It serves as a more specific alternative to the classic 😘 or the standard ❤️ when users want to emphasize a physical interaction between two people.
History
This emoji was made possible by the introduction of Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequences in Unicode 9.0, released in 2016. This technology allowed developers to combine individual person emojis with a heart and a kiss mark to build complex, inclusive character clusters that were previously impossible to render as a single unit.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏼❤💋🧑🏻
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2764 U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_200d_2764_200d_1f48b_200d_1f9d1_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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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
Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.
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