Child: light skin tone Emoji
People
A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young child with a light skin tone and neutral, open-eyed expression. The hair is styled in a simple, generic bob that fits any gender representation.
Usage Context
Used to represent children, youth, or the concept of being a kid. It is frequently featured in conversations about parenting, family milestones, or discussing the younger generation. It serves as a gender-neutral alternative to 👦 or 👧 and is often grouped with 🧒🏼, 🧒🏽, 🧒🏾, and 🧒🏿 to show skin tone variety.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0. This character was developed to fill a gap in digital communication by providing a non-gendered representation of a minor, moving away from the binary icons that had dominated messaging apps for years.
Details
Glyph
🧒🏻
Unicode
U+1F9D2 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d2_1f3fb:
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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