Family: adult, adult, child, child Emoji

People

A composite emoji displaying two adults and two children standing side by side. This icon represents a modern nuclear family unit or a multi-generational group sharing a single digital space.

Usage Context

Used to denote family status, household gatherings, or parenting topics. It is the primary way to represent a group of four people within a single character. It is frequently grouped with related icons like 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 or 🏡 to discuss home life or holiday travel plans.

History

Part of the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence evolution, this emoji was added in 2019 to better reflect diverse family structures. Unlike older static characters, it uses technology that chains individual person icons together to render a single, complex image on supported platforms.

Details

Glyph

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2 U+200D U+1F9D2

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f9d1_200d_1f9d2_200d_1f9d2:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD2;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD2;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-symbol

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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