👦
People & Body
boy emoji
Young boy — male child, son, or young males. Used in family contexts and when specifically referring to a boy.
Unicode data
| Character | 👦 |
| Codepoint | U+1F466 |
| Unicode name | BOY |
| Added in | Unicode 0.6 |
| Category | People & Body |
| Subcategory | person |
| HTML entity | 👦 |
| Shortcode | :boy: |
Platform support
Apple / iOS✓ Supported
Google / Android✓ Supported
Twitter / X (Twemoji)✓ Supported
Platform designs vary — the same codepoint renders differently on iOS, Android, and web. Twemoji is the open-source reference used on this site (CC BY 4.0).
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