Boy: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A portrait of a young boy with dark skin, depicted with short hair and a neutral expression. The emoji captures the facial features typical of a young male child, rendered in a warm, dark skin tone.
Usage Context
Widely used to represent sons, grandsons, or children in general. Users frequently pair this with the boy or family emojis to describe family units, childhood experiences, or to signify a younger person in a conversation.
History
This emoji was introduced as part of the Unicode 6.0 update in 2010. The skin tone modifiers were added later in 2015 as part of Unicode 8.0, allowing users to select from the Fitzpatrick scale to ensure more inclusive representation across digital platforms.
Details
Glyph
👦🏿
Unicode
U+1F466 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f466_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
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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