# 👦 Boy emoji

👦 Boy is an emoji in the people set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: bright-eyed, child, grandson, kid, son and young.

- Emoji: 👦
- Unicode name: boy
- Code points: U+1F466
- Category: People & body, People
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :boy:
- Keywords: boy, bright-eyed, child, grandson, kid, son, young, younger
- Page: https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

- 👦🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FB
- 👦🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FC
- 👦🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FD
- 👦🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FE
- 👦🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include 👦

- 👨‍👩‍👦 [Family: man, woman, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-woman-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 [Family: man, woman, girl, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-woman-girl-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 [Family: man, woman, boy, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-woman-boy-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👨‍👦 [Family: man, man, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-man-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 [Family: man, man, girl, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-man-girl-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 [Family: man, man, boy, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-man-boy-boy-emoji.md)
- 👩‍👩‍👦 [Family: woman, woman, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-woman-woman-boy-emoji.md)
- 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 [Family: woman, woman, girl, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-woman-woman-girl-boy-emoji.md)
- 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 [Family: woman, woman, boy, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-woman-woman-boy-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👦 [Family: man, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👦‍👦 [Family: man, boy, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-boy-boy-emoji.md)
- 👨‍👧‍👦 [Family: man, girl, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-man-girl-boy-emoji.md)
- 👩‍👦 [Family: woman, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-woman-boy-emoji.md)
- 👩‍👦‍👦 [Family: woman, boy, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-woman-boy-boy-emoji.md)
- 👩‍👧‍👦 [Family: woman, girl, boy](https://emojichart.com/family-woman-girl-boy-emoji.md)

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

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): seun
- Akan (ak): barima
- Albanian (sq): djalë
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ልጅ
- Armenian (hy): տղա
- Assamese (as): ল’ৰা
- Azerbaijani (az): oğlan
- Bashkir (ba): малай
- Basque (eu): mutila
- Belarusian (be): хлопчык
- Bosnian (bs): dječak
- Breton (br): paotr
- Bulgarian (bg): момче
- Burmese (my): ယောက်ျားကလေး
- Cantonese (yue): 男仔
- Catalan (ca): noi
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏧᏣ
- Chuvash (cv): арçын ача
- Croatian (hr): dječak
- Czech (cs): chlapec
- Danish (da): dreng
- Estonian (et): poiss
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): rapaz
- Faroese (fo): drongur
- Filipino (fil): batang lalaki
- Finnish (fi): poika
- Galician (gl): neno
- Georgian (ka): ბიჭი
- Gujarati (gu): છોકરો
- Hausa (ha): yaro
- Hungarian (hu): fiú
- Icelandic (is): drengur
- Igbo (ig): nwa nwoke
- Irish (ga): buachaill
- Javanese (jv): bocah lanang
- Kalaallisut (kl): dreng
- Kannada (kn): ಹುಡುಗ
- Kazakh (kk): ұл
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇل
- Khmer (km): ក្មេងប្រុស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuhungu
- Konkani (kok): चलो
- Kyrgyz (ky): бала
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ala
- Lao (lo): ເດັກຊາຍ
- Latvian (lv): zēns
- Lithuanian (lt): berniukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gólc
- Luxembourgish (lb): Jong
- Macedonian (mk): момче
- Malay (ms): kanak-kanak lelaki
- Malayalam (ml): ആൺകുട്ടി
- Maltese (mt): tifel
- Marathi (mr): मुलगा
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй хүүхэд
- Māori (mi): tamatāne
- Nepali (ne): केटा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Smọ́l Bọi
- Northern Sotho (nso): mošemane
- Norwegian (no): gutt
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): gut
- Odia (or): ବାଳକ
- Oromo (om): gurbaa
- Pashto (ps): هلک
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੁੰਡਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): منڈا
- Quechua (qu): yuqalla
- Romanian (ro): băiat
- Romansh (rm): mattet
- Sardinian (sc): pitzinnu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gille
- Serbian (sr): дечак
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): дјечак
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dečak
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): dječak
- Shan (shn): ဢွၼ်ႇၸၢႆး
- Sindhi (sd): ڇوڪرو
- Sinhala (si): පිරිමි ළමයා
- Slovak (sk): chlapec
- Slovenian (sl): fant
- Somali (so): wiil
- Swahili (sw): mvulana
- Tajik (tg): писар
- Tamil (ta): சிறுவன்
- Telugu (te): అబ్బాయి
- Tigrinya (ti): ወዲ
- Tongan (to): tamasiʻi
- Tswana (tn): mosimane
- Turkmen (tk): oglan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hólc
- Urdu (ur): لڑکا
- Uyghur (ug): ئوغۇل
- Uzbek (uz): o‘g‘il bola
- Welsh (cy): bachgen
- Wolof (wo): xale bu góor
- Xhosa (xh): inkwenkwe
- Yoruba (yo): ọmọkùnrin
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔmɔkùnrin
- Zulu (zu): umfana

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji