Boy emoji 👦
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F466
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What 👦 means
Boy 👦 goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: bright-eyed, child, grandson, kid, son, young, younger.
Those words also drive emoji search: try bright-eyed or child on your phone to find 👦.
On the emoji keyboard, 👦 sits with the people (28 emoji) inside people & body, which has 390 emoji, for example 👧 🧑 👱 👨.
You can send 👦 in 5 skin tones (👦🏻 to 👦🏿) or in the default yellow; tap any of them above to copy it.
Will 👦 show on my friend's phone?
👦 has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type 👦
To find 👦 quickly, type boy into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type boy.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type boy in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type boy.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees 👦 as one code point, U+1F466: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F466 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 👦 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👦 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F466"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F466} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%91%A6 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 A6 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 👦 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the boy emoji mean?
Unicode calls 👦 "boy" and links it with bright-eyed, child, grandson, kid. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the people subgroup of people & body.
When was the boy emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
Can I change the skin tone of 👦?
Yes. 👦 has these skin tones: 👦🏻 👦🏼 👦🏽 👦🏾 👦🏿. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.