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.
What does 💋 mean from a girl or from a guy?
The same thing either way: A red lipstick print, standing for a kiss left behind rather than one being given. The sender's gender does not change what the character means. What does change it is how well you know each other, what the rest of the message says, and whether either of you is being ironic.
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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