Person feeding baby: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium-dark skin cradling a small infant and holding a bottle to feed them. The character wears a neutral expression while tending to the child, representing the act of nourishment and caregiving.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss parenting, childcare duties, or the daily routines involved in raising a newborn. It serves as a modern update for conversations about domestic life and is often used alongside 🍼 or 👶 to emphasize the theme of infant care.

History

This character was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of a push to increase representation for diverse family roles. It follows the evolution of human-focused emojis that allow users to select specific skin tones and gender variations to reflect their personal lived experience.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍🍼

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F37C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f37c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83C;&#xDF7C;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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