The 👩🏾❤️💋👩🏿 Kiss: Woman, Woman, Medium-dark Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone emoji shows two women sharing a kiss, one with a medium-dark skin tone and the other with a dark skin tone. It represents romantic affection between two women and is used to express love, intimacy, and pride in same-sex relationships.
What Does the Kiss: Woman, Woman, Medium-dark Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone Emoji Mean?
This emoji means romantic love and physical affection between two women, with each partner shown in a specific skin tone.
It belongs to the family of couple emojis that let people picture themselves and their partners instead of relying on a generic default. Here the two women are rendered with medium-dark and dark skin tones, which makes it a more personal choice for couples who want that specific pairing to be visible.
The kiss itself signals romance rather than friendship. Unlike a simple Kiss: Woman, Woman emoji in its default yellow tone, this version commits to a particular combination, so it carries a sense of deliberate, personalized representation.
What does it communicate emotionally?
It communicates tenderness, closeness, and commitment, and it can also carry playful flirtation depending on the message around it.
- Romantic love between partners
- Celebration of an anniversary or milestone
- Pride and visibility for women who love women
- Affection in a goodnight or greeting message
What Are the Technical Details of This Emoji?
This emoji is a single glyph built from ten Unicode codepoints joined together, and it was added in Unicode 13.1 and Emoji 13.1.
The sequence is U+1F469 (woman), U+1F3FE (medium-dark skin tone modifier), U+200D (zero width joiner), U+2764 (heavy black heart), U+FE0F (variation selector), U+200D, U+1F48B (kiss mark), U+200D, U+1F469 (woman), and U+1F3FF (dark skin tone modifier).
Because it is a ZWJ (zero width joiner) sequence, devices that support it merge the parts into one image. Devices that do not support it may show the components separately, such as two women, skin tone swatches, a heart, and a kiss mark side by side.
It sits in the People & Body emojis category. The shortcode is listed on this page for apps that support colon-style input.
How Do You Use This Emoji in Texting and on Social Media?
You use it to show romantic affection toward a partner, to celebrate a relationship, or to represent a couple you are talking about.
In private messages it works as a warm sign-off, a flirty reaction, or a way to say you are thinking about someone. On public profiles and posts it often appears in bios, anniversary captions, and Pride content.
Here are a few realistic examples of how people use it:
- Three years with my favorite person 👩🏾❤️💋👩🏿
- Goodnight, love. See you tomorrow 👩🏾❤️💋👩🏿
- Happy Pride to us and everyone who loves boldly 👩🏾❤️💋👩🏿
Can it be used in a bio?
Yes, many people place a couple emoji next to a partner's handle or name in a bio to signal that relationship publicly.
Why Do the Skin Tones Matter in This Emoji?
The skin tones matter because they let a couple see their own relationship reflected accurately instead of choosing a generic or mismatched default.
This particular emoji pairs a medium-dark skin tone with a dark skin tone. For couples whose complexions match that combination, it can feel more meaningful than the default yellow version, since representation in everyday communication is part of why skin tone options exist.
Note that this emoji does not support further skin tone changes, since the tones are already built into the sequence. If you want a different combination, you need to pick a different emoji from the family of couple variants rather than adjusting this one.
The keywords linked to this emoji include inclusive, diversity, and representation, which reflect how people often discuss it.
How Does This Emoji Look on Different Platforms?
It looks slightly different on each platform because Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp, and Twitter each draw their own artwork for the same codepoint sequence.
Support depends on the operating system version. These are the minimum versions listed for this emoji:
- Apple: iOS 14.5+ and macOS 11.3+
- Google: Android 12.0+
- Microsoft: Windows 11+
- Samsung: One UI 4.0+
- WhatsApp: version 2.21.16+
- Twitter: Twemoji 13.1+
If a recipient has an older device, they may not see the combined couple. They could instead see several separate symbols. That is not an error in your message, just a limit of their software.
Which Emojis Pair Well With This Emoji?
The best pairings are other romantic or celebratory emojis that reinforce the mood of your message.
Hearts, sparkles, rainbows, and flowers are common companions. For relationship announcements, people often add party or ring symbols. For playful reactions to a couple photo, you might add Eyes to signal you noticed something sweet or a Thumbs Up to cheer them on.
If you want to explore what is popular right now, the trending emojis page shows what people are using, and the Emoji Translator tool can help you turn a sentence into an emoji message.
Example combinations
- Couple + heart + rainbow for a Pride post
- Couple + sparkles for an anniversary
- Couple + flowers for a romantic thank you
When Should You Avoid This Emoji?
Avoid it in formal, professional, or family-group settings where a romantic kiss would feel out of place or unwelcome.
It is also worth thinking about privacy. Using a couple emoji publicly can effectively announce a relationship, so make sure your partner is comfortable before posting it in a shared space. In environments where being open about a same-sex relationship could be unsafe, a more discreet choice may be wiser.
Finally, avoid using it to describe people who are not in a romantic relationship, since the kiss clearly implies romance. For platonic warmth, a heart or a hug emoji communicates affection without the romantic meaning.
How Is This Emoji Different From the Default Kiss: Woman, Woman?
The difference is that this version specifies two skin tones, while the default Kiss: Woman, Woman uses neutral yellow figures.
The meaning is the same: two women sharing a romantic kiss. The skin tone version adds personal specificity. Neither is more correct, so choose whichever best fits you and your message.
How Do You Copy and Paste This Emoji?
You can copy this emoji with one click on this page and paste it anywhere that accepts text.
Click the copy button near the emoji at the top of the page, then paste it into your message, post, document, or bio. Because it is a multi-part sequence, always copy it as a whole rather than typing the pieces yourself, so every codepoint stays joined correctly.
If it displays as several separate symbols after pasting, the app or device you are using likely does not support Emoji 13.1 yet. Updating your operating system usually fixes it. For more options in this family, browse the People & Body category.
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