Family: man, man, boy, boy Emoji
People
A composite emoji showing two men and two boys, grouped together to represent a family unit with two fathers and two sons. It is rendered by combining four individual person emojis joined by a Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) to display as a single graphic.
Usage Context
Used to discuss family dynamics, parenting, or represent LGBTQ+ households. It is often shared during Pride month or when discussing modern family structures. It serves as a more specific alternative to the generic 👪 emoji, allowing users to better reflect their own personal experiences.
History
This sequence was added to the Unicode standard in 2015 to increase representation in digital communication. Before the widespread adoption of ZWJ sequences, users had to piece together individual emojis like 👨, 👨, 👦, and 👦 separately, which often broke or displayed incorrectly across different platforms.
Details
Glyph
👨👨👦👦
Unicode
U+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_200d_1f468_200d_1f466_200d_1f466:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory family
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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