# 👦🏾 Boy emoji: medium-dark skin tone

👦🏾 is the boy emoji (👦) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 👦 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 👦🏾
- Unicode name: boy: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F466 U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, People
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👦 Boy](https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-dark-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 👦 [Boy](https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji.md)
- 👦🏻 [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
- 👦🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

👦🏾 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 👦 [Boy](https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji.md) (U+1F466)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 👦🏾

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “boy”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | niño: tono de piel oscuro medio | joven, niño, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | garçon : peau mate | émoticône, enfant, garçon, jeune, peau mate, personne |
| Deutsch (de) | Junge: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Enkelsohn, Gesicht, jung, Junge, jünger, Kind, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, munter, Sohn, strahlend |
| Italiano (it) | bambino: carnagione abbastanza scura | bambino, bimbo, carnagione abbastanza scura, giovane, persona, persone, ragazzino, tenero |
| Português (pt) | menino: pele morena escura | garoto, guri, jovem, loiro, menino, pele morena escura, pessoas, piá |
| Nederlands (nl) | jongen: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, jong, jongen, kind, persoon |
| Svenska (sv) | pojke: mellanmörk hy | kille, mellanmörk hy, pojke, ung |
| Polski (pl) | chłopiec: karnacja średnio ciemna | chłopiec, dziecko, głowa, karnacja średnio ciemna, młody |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek çocuk: orta koyu cilt tonu | erkek, erkek çocuk, insan, kişiler, oğlan çocuk, orta koyu cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | мальчик: темный тон кожи | дитя, маленький, малыш, мальчик, ребенок, сын, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | хлопчик: помірно темний тон шкіри | людина, малеча, помірно темний тон шкіри, хлопець, хлопчик |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αγόρι: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | αγόρι, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, νεαρός, παιδί |
| العربية (ar) | صبي: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, ذكر, شاب, شب, صبي, ولد |
| עברית (he) | בן: גוון עור כהה בינוני | בן, גוון עור כהה בינוני, ילד, ינוקא, נער, פעוט, צעיר |
| فارسی (fa) | پسر: پوست گندمی | آدم, پسر, پسربچه, پوست گندمی, جوان, مذکر, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लड़का: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | बच्चा, लड़का, लोग, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলে: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | ছেলে, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, যুবক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | anak laki-laki: warna kulit gelap-sedang | anak, anak kecil, cowok, laki-laki, lelaki, muda, pria, rambut pirang, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | con trai: màu da tối trung bình | cậu bé, con trai, màu da tối trung bình |
| ไทย (th) | เด็กชาย: โทนผิวสีแทน | คน, เด็ก, โทนผิวสีแทน, ผู้ชาย, ลูก, หนุ่ม, หลาน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男の子: やや濃い肌色 | やや濃い肌色, 子供, 少年, 男の子, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 아이: 진한 갈색 피부 | 남자 아이, 소년, 어린이, 젊은, 진한 갈색 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男孩: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 儿童, 孩子, 小孩, 男, 男孩 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男孩：褐皮膚 | 男孩, 褐皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): seun: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): djalë: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ልጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): տղա․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): ল’ৰা: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): oğlan: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): малай: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): mutila: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): хлопчык: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): dječak: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): момче: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ယောက်ျားကလေး − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): garçon : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 男仔: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男仔: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): noi: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏧᏣ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 男孩：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арçын ача: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): dječak: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): chlapec: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): dreng: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): poiss: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): rapaz: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): drongur: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): batang lalaki: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): poika: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): neno: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ბიჭი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): છોકરો: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): yaro: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): boy: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): fiú: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): drengur: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwa nwoke: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): buachaill: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): bocah lanang: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): aqcic: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಹುಡುಗ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): ұл: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇل: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ក្មេងប្រុស: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuhungu: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): चलो: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): бала: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ala: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເດັກຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): zēns: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): figgeu masccio: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): berniukas: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gólc: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Jong: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): момче: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): kanak-kanak lelaki: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ആൺകുട്ടി: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): tifel: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मुलगा: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй хүүхэд: бордуу
- Māori (mi): tamatāne: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): केटा: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Smọ́l Bọi: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): mošemane: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): gutt: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): gut: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ବାଳକ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): gurbaa: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): هلک: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੁੰਡਾ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): منڈا: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): yuqalla: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): băiat: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): mattet: pel mez stgira
- Sardinian (sc): pitzinnu: pedde bastante iscura
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gille: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): дечак: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): дјечак: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dečak: srednje tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): dječak: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ဢွၼ်ႇၸၢႆး: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ڇوڪرو: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): පිරිමි ළමයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): chlapec: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): fant: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): wiil: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mvulana: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): писар: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சிறுவன்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): అబ్బాయి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ወዲ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tamasiʻi: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): mosimane: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): oglan: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hólc: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): لڑکا: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئوغۇل: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): o‘g‘il bola: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): bachgen: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): xale bu góor: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): inkwenkwe: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): ọmọkùnrin: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔmɔkùnrin: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umfana: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F466 U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `👦🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F466\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F466}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F466\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 A6 F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC66 D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%A6%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does 👦🏾 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. 👦🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 👦🏾 and 👦?

👦🏾 is the 👦 boy emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 👦 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F466 U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 👦🏾?

Find 👦 in your emoji keyboard by searching “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 👦🏾?

U+1F466 U+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 👦🏾

### When was 👦🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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