Man feeding baby: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone holding a nursing bottle to feed a small, swaddled baby. The figure is shown from the chest up, highlighting the act of caregiving.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss modern parenting, sharing domestic responsibilities, or celebrating fatherhood. It is often used in threads about late-night feedings, baby milestones, or family life alongside related icons like 🍼, 👶, or 👨‍👩‍👧.

History

This emoji was added in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0. It was created to address long-standing gaps in gender-inclusive representation for caregivers, allowing users to move beyond the traditional mother-centric nursing icons that had dominated messaging apps for decades.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼‍🍼

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F37C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_1f37c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#xD83C;&#xDF7C;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

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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