Family Emoji

People

A group of three human figures including a man, a woman, and a child standing together. The figures are typically styled as neutral, simplified silhouettes to represent the concept of a nuclear family unit.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent home life, parenthood, or family gatherings. People use it to signal that they are spending time with their relatives or to clarify that a message relates to family matters. It serves as a broader, more inclusive version of specific combinations like 👨‍👩‍👧 or 👩‍👩‍👦.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the push to bring common social concepts into digital communication. It originates from early Japanese mobile carrier sets, which sought to condense complex social roles into single pictograms for easier texting.

Details

Glyph

👪

Unicode

U+1F46A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f46a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC6A;

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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