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 Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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