What does ๐ Kiss mean?
Two people leaning in for a kiss, often shown with a small heart nearby. It expresses romance, love, and affection, and couples send it for anniversaries, date nights, and sweet goodnight messages. It can also share news about an engagement or a new relationship. Versions with specific genders exist, and each personโs skin tone can be set separately on supported devices.
๐ Kiss is an emoji from the People & Body category (couples & families), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about anniversary, babe, bae, couple, date and dating.
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๐ Kiss on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Kiss looks on each platform.
Kiss in every skin tone
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Kiss emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Kiss emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :couplekiss:.
When was the Kiss emoji added?
๐ Kiss was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Kiss emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐, there are 25 skin tone versions: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Kiss. The underlying code (U+1F48F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.