50+ Kiss Text Symbols, Kissing Smileys and Love Emoticons (with Emoji)
Looking for kiss text symbols or a kissing smiley to send to your girlfriend or boyfriend? Long before emoji, people sent love with keyboard symbols like :-* and <3, and they still feel playful and personal in a text, WhatsApp chat or Instagram caption. Here’s our big list of kiss text smileys and love emoticons, plus the matching kiss and love emoji and how to type them on any phone or computer.
Quick answer: The most popular kiss text symbols are :* and :-* (a kiss), :-X (a big kiss) and <3 (a heart). The matching emoji are 😘 (face blowing a kiss), 💋 (kiss mark) and ❤️ (red heart). Many apps, including WhatsApp, turn some text smileys into emoji automatically.
Table of Contents
List of Kiss Text Symbols and Emoticons
Send a kiss smiley
*
:-x or :x
:-* or :*
(:-*
=^*
:-)*
Puckered up for a kiss smiley
:-<>
:-><
A big wet kiss text
:-X
So many kisses text
}xx
A big kiss text
:-(|)
Blowing a kiss text
:-{}
French kiss text
:-@
:-)~~(-:
:-)~~~
Return a kiss text
:**:
My lips are sealed symbol
:-#
Hugs and Kisses text
(( )):**
((((name)))):**
Love Smileys, Emoticons for Valentines Day
<3 Love, I love you
< /3 Broken Heart
@~)~~~~
@>–;–
@};—
[ ] Wanting to hug
{} Hug
(()) Hugs
[ ? Moving towards you and thinking about you
;-)
‘-)
;)
;-> Devilish wink
Tongue Fun symbols
:-J Tongue in Cheek
:-& Tongue Tied
:-9 Licking Lips
:-” Whistling
Be Happy symbols
:-) Smile
:-D Big smile
:-)) Really Happy
:-i Semi-Smile
:-} Embarrassed Smile
:-‘ Has a Dimple
:-0 Surprised
Miscellaneous love text symbols
0=) Angel
:-)(-: Married
\&&&/ Princess
:`-( Crying
:*( Crying softly
:-.) Cindy Crawford
:-B Drooling
:-[ Pouting
#-) Partied all night
Kiss and love emoji
If you prefer emoji, here are the kiss and love emoji that match the text symbols above. Copy and paste them, or use your emoji keyboard. Emojipedia shows how each emoji looks on different phones:
- 😘 Face blowing a kiss
- 😗 😙 😚 Kissing faces
- 💋 Kiss mark (lipstick kiss)
- 😍 Smiling face with heart-eyes
- 🥰 Smiling face with hearts
- 🤗 Hug
- ❤️ Red heart, 💕 two hearts, 💖 sparkling heart, 💞 revolving hearts
- 💔 Broken heart
- 🌹 Rose, 💐 bouquet
- 💏 Kiss (two people), 💑 couple with heart
Tips for using love emoticons
Text emoticons work best in casual messages where they feel playful rather than formal. A single :* at the end of a goodnight message says more than a long sentence. Mix them with words rather than sending only symbols, since older phones and some email apps may show unfamiliar combinations literally. Keep the “big kiss” and French kiss symbols for close partners, and use hearts like <3 for friends and family. If you like playing with text, try our guide to typing backwards text for a fun secret message.
How to type kiss emoji and symbols
- Android and iPhone: tap the smiley or globe key on your keyboard and search for “kiss” or “heart”.
- Windows: press Windows key + . (full stop) to open the emoji panel, then type “kiss”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space to open the emoji picker.
- WhatsApp and Messenger: typing :* or <3 is often converted to 😘 or ❤️ automatically.
Frequently asked questions
What does :* mean in a text?
:* is a kiss. The colon is the eyes and the asterisk is puckered lips, so it’s the text version of 😘.
What does :-X mean?
:-X usually means a big wet kiss. In some chats it can also mean “my lips are sealed”, so context matters.
What does <3 mean?
<3 is a sideways heart and means love. </3 is a broken heart.
This post is an attempt to collect all love smileys from various offline and online sources. If you have some more love smileys and emoticons to share, please post them in comments, and we can add them here.
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what does :-$ means?
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Awesome job. Here. Have a waffle…
,’:-) astonished, perplexed
I am using a toolbar for smileys. It allows me to create and place Smileys on MSN, AIM, Yahoo, email and Social Networking Sites.