The kiss emoji is your digital smooch-on-demand—great for flirty sign‑offs, wholesome affection, or a playful “mwah” after a spicy clapback. In everyday chats it often shows up as Face Blowing a Kiss (😘) or the bold Kiss Mark (💋); both say “affection incoming,” but one is sweet and wink-y while the other is lipstick-loud. It can mean thanks with extra sparkle, a casual goodnight, or the online version of a European air‑kiss hello. Tone matters: used after sarcasm, it becomes “bless your heart, babe” energy.
On Apple/iOS, the classic look is the yellow face with one eye winking, puckered lips, and a tiny red heart floating from the mouth to the right, with soft shading and a faint blush that screams gentle, friendly charm. The heart is glossy and bright, the wink is non-threatening, and the face’s rounded, slightly tilted perspective sells that breezy mwah motion. It’s recognizable at a glance: warm yellow, red heart, wink, and that little cheek tint.
Online, it thrives in DMs, captions, and replies: flirty “text me when you’re home 😘,” teammate approval “clutch play, king 😘,” or sarcastic “thanks for the spoiler 😘.” Stan Twitter and TikTok love it for playful shade; it’s a kiss that can either heal or roast, depending on context. People also use it as shorthand for “chef’s kiss” praise when they don’t want to type the whole phrase, or they pair it with 🤌 for extra flavor. Friendly but not always HR‑safe—drop it in Slack at your own peril. In relationships, it’s the universal ping for affection without writing a paragraph: quick, cute, and unmistakable.
Definition
Two people kissing. A couple in love about to smooch. iEmoji old name: Man and Woman about to Kiss.
Disqus Leave a comment!
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
In iOS 8.3 this emoji was now available using a ZWJ sequence. Emoji sequences are combinations of emojis to represent a single emoji image. Each character is joined with the previous using "Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) characters and are required for the emoji to be interpreted correctly.
