Old man emoji 👴
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F474
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What 👴 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 👴 are adult, bald, elderly, gramps, grandfather, grandpa, man, old, wise. They show what people use it for.
Search for adult or bald on your emoji keyboard and 👴 is among the results.
You will find 👴 among the people (28 emoji), part of people & body with 390 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 👵 👶 🧒 👦.
Besides the default yellow, 👴 has 5 skin tones, from 👴🏻 light to 👴🏿 dark. Each one is a separate emoji you can copy above.
Will 👴 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 👴 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 👴
Search for old man in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 👴.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type old man.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type old man in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type old man.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 👴 is one code point (U+1F474), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F474 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 👴 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👴 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F474"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F474} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%91%B4 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 B4 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 👴 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | old man |
| Português | homem idoso |
| Español | anciano |
| Italiano | uomo anziano |
| Français | homme âgé |
| Deutsch | älterer Mann |
| Türkçe | yaşlı erkek |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria tua |
| Polski | starszy mężczyzna |
| Русский | пожилой мужчина |
| 日本語 | おじいさん |
| 한국어 | 할아버지 |
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All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the old man emoji mean?
Unicode calls 👴 "old man" and links it with adult, bald, elderly, gramps. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the people subgroup of people & body.
When was the old man 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.