Kiss Mark Emoji
A red lipstick print, standing for a kiss left behind rather than one being given.
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Meaning & usage
What does the Kiss Mark emoji mean?
A red lipstick print, standing for a kiss left behind rather than one being given.
Affectionate and a little theatrical. Because it shows a kiss already left rather than one being blown, it reads as a signature on a message, which is why it suits sign-offs better than the middle of a sentence.
How to use 💋 naturally
Affectionate sign-offs, beauty posts and flirtation.
Reaction symbols work like visual emphasis: they reinforce a word, rate an idea or replace a short response. Repetition normally increases intensity, but it can also make a message feel more performative.
From standard to slang
The history of 💋
- 2010
First defined as emoji
According to Unicode’s Emoji Versions data, Kiss Mark was first defined as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. That label is retrospective: Unicode applied it later to the early mobile core it inherited from the Japanese carriers.
- Before the keyboard
Its visual roots
A lipstick print. It is a mark left behind rather than an act, which is why it works as a signature at the end of a message.
- Today
How its use evolved
Affectionate sign-offs, beauty posts and flirtation.
Dates follow Unicode’s official Emoji Versions chart. Versions before Emoji 1.0 are labelled retrospectively. See the history of emoji.
In conversation
Examples of 💋 in messages
These examples show the emoji in complete messages, where the words make its intended tone easier to read.
Safe flight, see you Sunday 💋
New lipstick and I am never going back 💋
Goodnight, talk tomorrow 💋
When to use it
Using 💋 clearly
Affectionate sign-offs, beauty posts and flirtation. It lands as kiss mark emoji or 💋 meaning when the rest of the message supports that reading, and it is the surrounding words that do the deciding — so in a sensitive, professional or cross-cultural conversation, say the thing outright as well.
Common questions
About the kiss mark emoji
What does 💋 mean in a text message?
A red lipstick print, standing for a kiss left behind rather than one being given. Affectionate and a little theatrical. Because it shows a kiss already left rather than one being blown, it reads as a signature on a message, which is why it suits sign-offs better than the middle of a sentence.
Is 💋 always positive?
Not always. Its usual readings are kiss mark emoji, 💋 meaning, lipstick emoji, and irony or the relationship between the people can flip any of them.
Why does 💋 look different on another device?
U+1F48B identifies the emoji; the picture is a font, drawn separately by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. Only the artwork changes, never the character.
How do I copy and paste the kiss mark emoji?
Use the copy button at the top of this page. 💋 is a character, not an image, so it pastes into messages, captions and filenames as ordinary text.
When was the kiss mark emoji introduced?
Unicode’s Emoji Versions data first records 💋 as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. Early emoji version numbers can be retrospective, so this date describes its place in the standardised emoji set rather than the first-ever appearance of the underlying symbol.
Easily confused
💋 compared with similar emoji
These sit close enough in meaning that people reach for the wrong one. Here is what actually separates them.
Kiss Mark or Face Blowing a Kiss?
😘 is a kiss being sent. 💋 is one already left behind, which is why it works as a sign-off rather than an action.
For developers
💋 in code
Every value below is generated from the character itself, so it stays correct even where a file encoding cannot hold the emoji directly.
| Format | Value | When to use it | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F48B | The standard reference. Use it to search a character map or a spec. | |
| HTML (hex) | 💋 | For HTML and XML. Safe in files that are not saved as UTF-8. | |
| HTML (decimal) | 💋 | The same reference in decimal. Both render identically. | |
| CSS | \1F48B | For the content property. Keep the quotes around the whole value. | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F48B} | A string-literal escape. Needs the u flag inside a regular expression. | |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%92%8B | Percent-encoded UTF-8, for query strings and API requests. |
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Emoji details
- Unicode
- U+1F48B
- Category
- Symbols & Reactions
- Also known as
- kiss mark emoji💋 meaninglipstick emoji
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