Baby angel: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned infant face with small, feathered wings sprouting from its shoulders and a glowing golden halo floating above its head. This icon combines the features of a human baby with traditional divine imagery.

Usage Context

Frequently used to suggest innocence, purity, or a 'good deed' done by the sender. It is a common way to feign sweetness after a sarcastic comment or to celebrate a new birth. It is often used in tandem with the 😇 emoji to double down on the wholesome vibe.

History

While the standard baby angel was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the ability to modify the skin tone was added in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update. This change was implemented to better reflect the diversity of global users, moving away from the default yellow tone that had previously defined most human-themed emojis.

Details

Glyph

👼🏿

Unicode

U+1F47C U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f47c_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC7C;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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