👦U+1F466

Boy emoji

A young boy with short hair. It represents a boy or young son and is used for male children. Sons, little brothers, boys and youth come up with it, in posts about family, school or growing up.

Unicode name: boy
Category: People & body, People
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+1F466
Shortcode: :boy:
Keywords: boy, bright-eyed, child, grandson, kid, son, young, younger

How it looks

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How to type 👦

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “boy”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “boy”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “boy”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “boy”.
GitHub: Type :boy: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	niño	joven, niño
Français	garçon	émoticône, enfant, garçon, jeune, personne
Deutsch	Junge	Enkelsohn, Gesicht, jung, Junge, jünger, Kind, munter, Sohn, strahlend
Italiano	bambino	bambino, bimbo, giovane, persona, persone, ragazzino, tenero
Português	menino	garoto, guri, jovem, loiro, menino, pessoas, piá
Nederlands	jongen	jong, jongen, kind, persoon
Svenska	pojke	kille, pojke, ung
Polski	chłopiec	chłopiec, dziecko, głowa, młody
Türkçe	erkek çocuk	erkek, erkek çocuk, insan, kişiler, oğlan çocuk
Русский	мальчик	дитя, маленький, малыш, мальчик, ребенок, сын
Українська	хлопчик	людина, малеча, хлопець, хлопчик
Ελληνικά	αγόρι	αγόρι, νεαρός, παιδί
العربية	صبي	ذكر, شاب, شب, صبي, ولد
עברית	בן	בן, ילד, ינוקא, נער, פעוט, צעיר
فارسی	پسر	آدم, پسر, پسربچه, جوان, مذکر, مرد
हिन्दी	लड़का	बच्चा, लड़का, लोग
বাংলা	ছেলে	ছেলে, পুরুষ, যুবক
Bahasa Indonesia	anak laki-laki	anak, anak kecil, cowok, laki-laki, lelaki, muda, pria, rambut pirang
Tiếng Việt	con trai	cậu bé, con trai
ไทย	เด็กชาย	คน, เด็ก, ผู้ชาย, ลูก, หนุ่ม, หลาน
日本語	男の子	子供, 少年, 男の子, 顔
한국어	남자 아이	남자 아이, 소년, 어린이, 젊은
中文（简体）	男孩	儿童, 孩子, 小孩, 男, 男孩
中文（繁體）	男孩	男孩

Names in 99 more languages

Afrikaans	seun
Akan	barima
Albanian	djalë
Amharic	ወንድ ልጅ
Armenian	տղա
Assamese	ল’ৰা
Azerbaijani	oğlan
Bashkir	малай
Basque	mutila
Belarusian	хлопчык
Bosnian	dječak
Breton	paotr
Bulgarian	момче
Burmese	ယောက်ျားကလေး
Cantonese	男仔
Catalan	noi
Cherokee	ᎠᏧᏣ
Chuvash	арçын ача
Croatian	dječak
Czech	chlapec
Danish	dreng
Estonian	poiss
European Portuguese	rapaz
Faroese	drongur
Filipino	batang lalaki
Finnish	poika
Galician	neno
Georgian	ბიჭი
Gujarati	છોકરો
Hausa	yaro
Hungarian	fiú
Icelandic	drengur
Igbo	nwa nwoke
Irish	buachaill
Javanese	bocah lanang
Kalaallisut	dreng
Kannada	ಹುಡುಗ
Kazakh	ұл
Kazakh (Arabic)	ۇل
Khmer	ក្មេងប្រុស
Kinyarwanda	umuhungu
Konkani	चलो
Kyrgyz	бала
Kʼicheʼ	Ala
Lao	ເດັກຊາຍ
Latvian	zēns
Lithuanian	berniukas
Lower Sorbian	gólc
Luxembourgish	Jong
Macedonian	момче
Malay	kanak-kanak lelaki
Malayalam	ആൺകുട്ടി
Maltese	tifel
Marathi	मुलगा
Mongolian	эрэгтэй хүүхэд
Māori	tamatāne
Nepali	केटा
Nigerian Pidgin	Smọ́l Bọi
Northern Sotho	mošemane
Norwegian	gutt
Norwegian Nynorsk	gut
Odia	ବାଳକ
Oromo	gurbaa
Pashto	هلک
Punjabi	ਮੁੰਡਾ
Punjabi (Arabic)	منڈا
Quechua	yuqalla
Romanian	băiat
Romansh	mattet
Sardinian	pitzinnu
Scottish Gaelic	gille
Serbian	дечак
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	дјечак
Serbian (Latin)	dečak
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	dječak
Shan	ဢွၼ်ႇၸၢႆး
Sindhi	ڇوڪرو
Sinhala	පිරිමි ළමයා
Slovak	chlapec
Slovenian	fant
Somali	wiil
Swahili	mvulana
Tajik	писар
Tamil	சிறுவன்
Telugu	అబ్బాయి
Tigrinya	ወዲ
Tongan	tamasiʻi
Tswana	mosimane
Turkmen	oglan
Upper Sorbian	hólc
Urdu	لڑکا
Uyghur	ئوغۇل
Uzbek	o‘g‘il bola
Welsh	bachgen
Wolof	xale bu góor
Xhosa	inkwenkwe
Yoruba	ọmọkùnrin
Yoruba (Benin)	ɔmɔkùnrin
Zulu	umfana

Codes

Code points: U+1F466
HTML: 👦
CSS: \1F466
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F466}
Python: \U0001F466
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 91 A6
UTF-16: D83D DC66
URL encoded: %F0%9F%91%A6

Questions

What does the 👦 boy emoji mean?

A young boy with short hair. It represents a boy or young son and is used for male children. Sons, little brothers, boys and youth come up with it, in posts about family, school or growing up.

How do I type the 👦 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “boy”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :boy:.

When was the 👦 emoji added?

👦 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 👦?

U+1F466. In HTML you can write 👦, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F466}.

Does 👦 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 👦🏻 light, 👦🏼 medium-light, 👦🏽 medium, 👦🏾 medium-dark and 👦🏿 dark.