Family: adult, child, child Emoji

People

A group consisting of one adult standing next to two children. This emoji serves as a flexible representation of a small family unit, regardless of gender, allowing users to depict various domestic arrangements.

Usage Context

Widely used to discuss parenting, school activities, or family outings. It acts as a more inclusive alternative to gender-specific icons like 👨‍👩‍👧 or 👩‍👩‍👦, making it useful when the specific gender makeup of the family isn't the focus of the conversation.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of the Emoji 12.0 update. It was developed to help close the gap in representation by focusing on the relationship between parents and children rather than adhering to traditional, rigid gender-coded family icons that dominated early character sets.

Details

Glyph

🧑‍🧒‍🧒

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2 U+200D U+1F9D2

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f9d2_200d_1f9d2:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD2;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDD2;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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