Couple and Family Emojis: The Complete Guide
Relationship and family emojis represent one of the most human aspects of digital communication โ the expression of love, connection, and belonging. Whether you are sharing a photo with your partner, celebrating a family milestone, or expressing affection to a friend, couple and family emojis add warmth and personal meaning to any message.
UnicodeUnicode
Universal character encoding standard that assigns a unique number to every character across all writing systems and symbol sets, including emoji. has significantly expanded this category over the years, adding same-sex couples and diverse family combinations to represent the full spectrum of modern families.
Couple Emojis (With Heart)
These emojis show two people standing together with a heart floating between them, indicating a romantic relationship.
๐ Couple with Heart โ The gender-neutral couple emojiEmoji
A Japanese word (็ตตๆๅญ) meaning 'picture character' โ small graphical symbols used in digital communication to express ideas, emotions, and objects., showing two people with a red heart. The default presentation shows two people that can be interpreted as any gender combination.
๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐จ Woman and Man with Heart โ A heterosexual couple with a heart.
๐จโโค๏ธโ๐จ Man and Man with Heart โ A male same-sex couple with a heart. Represents LGBTQ+ relationships.
๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐ฉ Woman and Woman with Heart โ A female same-sex couple with a heart.
Each of these couples also supports skin tone combinations, allowing both people in the emoji to have different skin tones. This was a significant update, enabling interracial couples to be represented. In fact, the number of possible couple+skin-tone combinations is enormous โ there are 25 possible two-tone combinations for each couple type.
Couple Kissing Emojis
The kissing couple emojis show two people sharing a kiss, with a small floating heart.
๐ Kiss โ The gender-neutral kissing emoji. Romance and affection.
๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐โ๐จ Woman and Man Kissing โ A heterosexual couple sharing a kiss.
๐จโโค๏ธโ๐โ๐จ Man and Man Kissing โ A male same-sex couple kissing. LGBTQ+ representation.
๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐โ๐ฉ Woman and Woman Kissing โ A female same-sex couple kissing.
These emojis are popular for Valentine's Day content, anniversaries, and expressions of romantic love.
Family Emojis
Family emojis are among the most complex in Unicode. They use ZWJ (Zero Width JoinerZero Width Joiner (ZWJ)
An invisible Unicode character (U+200D) used to join multiple emoji into a single composite emoji, such as combining people and objects into profession emoji.) sequences to combine different person, woman, man, boy, and girl emojis into a single family unit.
Two-Parent Families (Man and Woman)
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Woman, Boy โ The "nuclear family" classic: mother, father, and son.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง Family: Man, Woman, Girl โ Mother, father, and daughter.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Woman, Girl, Boy โ Mother, father, daughter, and son.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Woman, Two Boys โ Two sons.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Family: Man, Woman, Two Girls โ Two daughters.
Same-Sex Parent Families
๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Man, Boy โ Two fathers and a son.
๐จโ๐จโ๐ง Family: Man, Man, Girl โ Two fathers and a daughter.
๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Man, Girl, Boy โ Two fathers and two children.
๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Man, Two Boys โ Two fathers and two sons.
๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐ง Family: Man, Man, Two Girls โ Two fathers and two daughters.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ Family: Woman, Woman, Boy โ Two mothers and a son.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ง Family: Woman, Woman, Girl โ Two mothers and a daughter.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Family: Woman, Woman, Girl, Boy โ Two mothers and two children.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ Family: Woman, Woman, Two Boys โ Two mothers and two sons.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Family: Woman, Woman, Two Girls โ Two mothers and two daughters.
Single-Parent Families
๐จโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Boy โ Father and son.
๐จโ๐ง Family: Man, Girl โ Father and daughter.
๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Girl, Boy โ Father with daughter and son.
๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ Family: Man, Two Boys โ Father with two sons.
๐จโ๐งโ๐ง Family: Man, Two Girls โ Father with two daughters.
๐ฉโ๐ฆ Family: Woman, Boy โ Mother and son.
๐ฉโ๐ง Family: Woman, Girl โ Mother and daughter.
๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Family: Woman, Girl, Boy โ Mother with daughter and son.
๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ Family: Woman, Two Boys โ Mother with two sons.
๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง Family: Woman, Two Girls โ Mother with two daughters.
The General Family Emoji
๐ช Family โ The classic family emoji showing two adults and a child (a boy). This is the shorthand family emoji when the specific composition matters less than the concept of "family."
Support for Diverse Families
In 2023, Emoji 15.1 introduced multi-directional family emoji skin tone support, allowing family members to have different skin tones from one another. This makes interracial and multicultural families representable in emoji form.
However, platform support for mixed-skin-tone family emojis varies. Some platforms may fall back to showing the ZWJ sequence as individual characters rather than a combined family image.
Wedding and Marriage Emojis
๐ Ring โ Engagement and marriage. The engagement ring moment. "He proposed! ๐๐ญ"
๐ Wedding Chapel โ A wedding ceremony building. Getting married, Vegas weddings, and wedding planning.
๐ฐ Person with Veil โ Traditionally a bride, but the gender-neutral version represents any person wearing a wedding veil.
๐คต Person in Tuxedo โ A formal wedding attire emoji for any person in a tuxedo.
๐ Confetti Ball โ Wedding celebrations.
๐น Rose โ Romantic love and wedding flowers.
๐ Bouquet โ The bridal bouquet and flowers as gifts.
Pregnancy and New Baby Emojis
๐คฐ Pregnant Woman โ Pregnancy, expectant mothers, and baby announcements.
๐ซ Pregnant Man โ Added in 2022, this emoji represents pregnant men (transgender men who are pregnant) and non-binary pregnant individuals.
๐ซ Pregnant Person โ A gender-neutral pregnancy emoji.
๐คฑ Breast-Feeding โ Nursing and breastfeeding. Normalizing breastfeeding in public discourse.
๐ถ Baby โ Infants and newborns. Baby announcements, cute baby content, and the concept of new life.
๐ผ Baby Bottle โ Infant feeding and baby care.
๐งธ Teddy Bear โ Baby gifts, childhood, and comfort objects.
Children Emojis
๐ฆ Boy โ A child who presents as a boy.
๐ง Girl โ A child who presents as a girl.
๐ง Child โ A gender-neutral child emoji.
๐ผ Baby Angel โ An angelic baby. Used for memorial posts for young children, or as a sweet term of endearment.
The Handshake as a Relationship Symbol
๐ค Handshake โ Not romantic, but a fundamental relationship emoji for partnerships, agreements, and new connections.
Love and Heart Emojis in Relationship Contexts
Relationship and couple emojis are frequently paired with:
โค๏ธ Red Heart โ The classic symbol of love. The most used emoji for expressing romantic feelings.
๐ Two Hearts โ Mutual affection between two people.
๐ Couple with Heart โ The couple emoji itself.
๐ โ Ring for proposals.
๐ฅฐ Smiling Face with Hearts โ Feeling deeply loved.
How Family and Couple Emojis Are Used
Anniversary posts: "3 years together ๐โค๏ธ"
Family portraits: Adding ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ to family reunion or vacation photos.
Baby announcements: "We're expecting! ๐คฐ๐ถ๐"
Pride month: ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จโโค๏ธโ๐จ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐ฉ for LGBTQ+ relationship visibility.
Grandparent appreciation: ๐ด๐ตโค๏ธ for grandparent-grandchild relationships.
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