Breast-feeding: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A figure with medium-light skin shown from the chest up, cradling an infant against their breast to feed them. The figure is depicted with a neutral, calm expression while holding the baby securely.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss parenthood, infant nutrition, and the daily realities of raising a child. It serves as a visual shorthand for nursing, supporting the normalization of public breastfeeding, and sharing experiences with other parents using emojis like 🍼 or 👶.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0, this icon was created to fill a gap in inclusive representations of modern family life. Its inclusion was the result of a push by advocacy groups to provide better digital tools for mothers to document their caregiving routines.

Details

Glyph

🤱🏼

Unicode

U+1F931 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f931_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD31;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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