Family: man, man, girl, boy Emoji

People

A composite emoji displaying two men, a young girl, and a young boy standing together. This is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence that combines individual person emojis into a single graphic representation of a family unit.

Usage Context

Used to represent diverse family structures, inclusive parenting, or household units. It is frequently used in discussions about family life, pride celebrations, or LGBTQ+ visibility, often alongside icons like ❤️ or 🏠 to denote domestic happiness.

History

While individual man and child emojis were available early on, this specific combination was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. It was part of a major push by the Unicode Consortium to increase the representation of modern, diverse family dynamics in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👨‍👨‍👧‍👦

Unicode

U+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F466

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_200d_1f468_200d_1f467_200d_1f466:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC67;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC66;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory family

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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