# 🤱 Breast-feeding emoji

🤱 Breast-feeding is an emoji in the jobs and roles set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: baby, breast-feeding, mom, mother, nursing and woman.

- Emoji: 🤱
- Unicode name: breast-feeding
- Code points: U+1F931
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :breast_feeding:
- Keywords: baby, breast, breast-feeding, feeding, mom, mother, nursing, woman
- Page: https://emojichart.com/breast-feeding-emoji

## What it means

A woman cradling a baby close to nurse it. It is often sent for breastfeeding and nursing, new mothers and infant care, and in discussions about feeding babies and supporting new parents.

## Skin tones

- 🤱🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/breast-feeding-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F931 U+1F3FB
- 🤱🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/breast-feeding-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F931 U+1F3FC
- 🤱🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/breast-feeding-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F931 U+1F3FD
- 🤱🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/breast-feeding-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F931 U+1F3FE
- 🤱🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/breast-feeding-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F931 U+1F3FF

## How to type 🤱

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | lactancia materna | amamantar, bebé, dar pecho, lactancia materna, pecho |
| Français (fr) | allaitement | allaitement, bébé, maman, nourrice, nourrir le bébé, sein, soins |
| Deutsch (de) | Stillen | Baby, Brust, Frau, Person, stillen, Stillen |
| Italiano (it) | allattare | allattamento, allattare, allattare al seno, bebé, donna, donna che allatta, mamma, mamma che allatta, persona |
| Português (pt) | amamentando | amamentação, bebê, leite, mãe, materno, neném |
| Nederlands (nl) | borstvoeding | baby, borst, borstvoeding, de borst geven, persoon |
| Svenska (sv) | amning | amma, amning, baby, bröst |
| Polski (pl) | karmienie piersią | dziecko, karmić, karmić piersią, karmienie piersią, kobieta, matka, miłość, niemowlę, pierś, praca |
| Türkçe (tr) | emziren kadın | anne sütü, bebek, emziren kadın, emzirme, göğüs, meme verme, süt izni |
| Русский (ru) | кормление грудью | вскармливание, грудь, кормить, кормящая, лактация, мать, младенец, молоко, ребенок |
| Українська (uk) | грудне вигодовування | годування, груди, грудне вигодовування, материнство, молоко матері, немовля, новонароджена, новонароджений, турбота |
| Ελληνικά (el) | θηλασμός | γυναίκα, θηλάζω, θηλασμός, μαμά, μητέρα, μωρό, στήθος, τροφός |
| العربية (ar) | رضاعة | أم, أمومة, ترضيع, رضاعة, رضيع, شخص, صدر, طفل, مرضعة |
| עברית (he) | אישה מניקה | אישה מניקה, אמהות, הנקה, חלב אם, מיניקה, מניקה, תינוק |
| فارسی (fa) | تغذیه با شیر مادر | تغذیه, تغذیه با شیر مادر, سینه, شیر دادن به نوزاد, شیر مادر, شیردهی, طفل |
| हिन्दी (hi) | स्तनपान | नर्सिंग, बच्चा, शिशु, शिशु को दूध पिलाना, स्तन, स्तनपान |
| বাংলা (bn) | স্তন্যপান | মা ও শিশু, শিশু, শুশ্রুষা, স্তন, স্তন্যদান, স্তন্যপান, স্মাইলি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menyusui | bayi, ibu, menyusui, payudara, perempuan, wanita |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cho con bú | cho bú, cho con bú, em bé, nuôi con bằng sữa mẹ, vú |
| ไทย (th) | ให้นม | เด็กทารก, ผู้หญิง, แม่, เลี้ยงลูก, หน้าอก, ให้นม |
| 日本語 (ja) | 授乳 | ミルク, 女, 女性, 授乳, 赤ちゃん |
| 한국어 (ko) | 모유 수유 | 모유, 수유, 아기 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 母乳喂养 | 乳房, 哺乳, 喂奶, 婴儿, 母乳喂养 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 哺乳 | 乳房, 哺乳, 嬰兒, 育嬰, 餵母奶 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): borsvoed
- Akan (ak): nufuoɔma
- Albanian (sq): gji
- Amharic (am): ጡት ማጥባት
- Armenian (hy): կրծքով կերակրում
- Assamese (as): স্তনপান
- Azerbaijani (az): uşaq əmizdirmə
- Bashkir (ba): имеҙеү
- Basque (eu): bularra ematea
- Belarusian (be): кормячая маці
- Bosnian (bs): dojenje
- Breton (br): bronnañ
- Bulgarian (bg): кърмене
- Burmese (my): နို့ချိုတိုက်ကျွေးခြင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 哺乳
- Catalan (ca): dona que alleta
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᏓᏍᏓᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): кӑкӑр ӗмӗртни
- Croatian (hr): dojenje
- Czech (cs): kojení
- Danish (da): kvinde, der ammer
- Estonian (et): rinnaga toitmine
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): amamentar
- Faroese (fo): geva bróst
- Filipino (fil): breast-feeding
- Finnish (fi): imetys
- Galician (gl): dar o peito
- Georgian (ka): მეძუძური
- Gujarati (gu): સ્તનપાન
- Hausa (ha): shayarwa
- Hungarian (hu): szoptatás
- Icelandic (is): brjóstagjöf
- Igbo (ig): enyemụara
- Irish (ga): cothú cíche
- Javanese (jv): menthili
- Kannada (kn): ಸ್ತನಪಾನ
- Kazakh (kk): бала емізу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بالا ەمىزۋ
- Khmer (km): ការបំបៅដោះ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): konsa
- Konkani (kok): स्तन-पान
- Kyrgyz (ky): эмчек эмизүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): uya’ik tz’um
- Lao (lo): ປ້ອນນົມ
- Latvian (lv): barošana ar krūti
- Lithuanian (lt): maitinimas krūtimi
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): seśiś
- Luxembourgish (lb): stëllend Fra
- Macedonian (mk): доење
- Malay (ms): menyusu badan
- Malayalam (ml): മുലയൂട്ടൽ
- Maltese (mt): irdigħ
- Marathi (mr): स्तनपान
- Mongolian (mn): хөхөөр хооллох
- Māori (mi): whāngote-ū
- Nepali (ne): स्तनपान
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Wé De Gív Pikin Brẹst
- Northern Sotho (nso): go nyantšha
- Norwegian (no): ammer
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): ammar
- Odia (or): ସ୍ତନ୍ୟପାନ କରାଇବା
- Oromo (om): harma hoosisuu
- Pashto (ps): شیدې ورکول
- Punjabi (pa): ਦੁੱਧ ਚੁੰਘਾਉਣਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): دودھ پین آلا
- Quechua (qu): ñuñuchiy
- Romanian (ro): alăptare la sân
- Romansh (rm): dar latg
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): toirt cìoch
- Serbian (sr): дојење
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dojenje
- Shan (shn): လဵင်ႉၼူမ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ٿڃ پيارڻ
- Sinhala (si): කිරි දීම
- Slovak (sk): dojčenie
- Slovenian (sl): dojenje
- Somali (so): naas-nuujin
- Swahili (sw): kunyonyesha mtoto
- Tajik (tg): синамакконӣ
- Tamil (ta): பாலூட்டும் பெண்
- Telugu (te): చనుబాలు పట్టడం
- Tigrinya (ti): ተጥቡ ሓራስ
- Tongan (to): fakahuhu
- Tswana (tn): anyisa
- Turkmen (tk): emdirmek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ćěšić
- Urdu (ur): دودھ پلانا
- Uyghur (ug): ئېمىش
- Uzbek (uz): emizish
- Welsh (cy): bwydo o’r fron
- Wolof (wo): nàppalee ween
- Xhosa (xh): ukuncancisa
- Yoruba (yo): ìfọ́mọlọ́yàn
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ìfɔ́mɔlɔ́yàn
- Zulu (zu): ukuncelisa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F931` |
| HTML | `🤱` |
| CSS | `\1F931` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F931}` |
| Python | `\U0001F931` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B1` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD31` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B1` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤱 breast-feeding emoji mean?

A woman cradling a baby close to nurse it. It is often sent for breastfeeding and nursing, new mothers and infant care, and in discussions about feeding babies and supporting new parents.

### How do I type the 🤱 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “breast-feeding”. 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 :breast_feeding:.

### When was the 🤱 emoji added?

🤱 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🤱?

U+1F931. In HTML you can write 🤱, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F931}.

### 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/breast-feeding-emoji