Family: man, man, girl, boy Emoji

People

A composite emoji displaying two men, a young girl, and a young boy standing together. This is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence that combines individual person emojis into a single graphic representation of a family unit.

Usage Context

Used to represent diverse family structures, inclusive parenting, or household units. It is frequently used in discussions about family life, pride celebrations, or LGBTQ+ visibility, often alongside icons like ❤️ or 🏠 to denote domestic happiness.

History

While individual man and child emojis were available early on, this specific combination was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. It was part of a major push by the Unicode Consortium to increase the representation of modern, diverse family dynamics in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👨‍👨‍👧‍👦

Unicode

U+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F466

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_200d_1f468_200d_1f467_200d_1f466:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC68;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC67;‍&#xD83D;&#xDC66;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory family

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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