# 👴 Old man emoji

👴 Old man 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: adult, bald, elderly, gramps, grandfather and grandpa.

- Emoji: 👴
- Unicode name: old man
- Code points: U+1F474
- Category: People & body, People
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :older_man:
- Keywords: adult, bald, elderly, gramps, grandfather, grandpa, man, old, wise
- Page: https://emojichart.com/old-man-emoji

## What it means

An elderly man, usually drawn with white or gray hair. It shows up for grandfathers and older men, and jokingly when someone feels old, is set in their ways or is acting like a grumpy grandpa.

## Skin tones

- 👴🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/old-man-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F474 U+1F3FB
- 👴🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/old-man-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F474 U+1F3FC
- 👴🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/old-man-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F474 U+1F3FD
- 👴🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/old-man-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F474 U+1F3FE
- 👴🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/old-man-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F474 U+1F3FF

## How to type 👴

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | anciano | anciano, hombre, mayor |
| Français (fr) | homme âgé | âgé, chauve, émoticône, grand-père, homme, papi, personne, personne âgée, sage, vieux monsieur |
| Deutsch (de) | älterer Mann | alt, älter, erwachsen, Großeltern, Großvater, Mann, Mensch, Opa, Senior, weise |
| Italiano (it) | uomo anziano | anziano, capelli, nonnino, nonno, pelato, perdere i capelli, persona, persone, saggio, uomo, vecchietto, vecchio |
| Português (pt) | homem idoso | adulto, avô, careca, homem, idoso, pessoas, vovô |
| Nederlands (nl) | oude man | grootvader, kaal, man, opa, oud, ouder, volwassen, wijs |
| Svenska (sv) | gammal man | äldre man, gammal, man, vuxen |
| Polski (pl) | starszy mężczyzna | dziadek, mężczyzna, siwy, starszy, staruszek, stary, starzec |
| Türkçe (tr) | yaşlı erkek | büyükbaba, dede, erkek, insan, kişiler, yaşlı |
| Русский (ru) | пожилой мужчина | возраст, годы, дедушка, мужчина, пожилой, старик, старый, человек |
| Українська (uk) | літній чоловік | дорослий, лисий, літній чоловік, пристарілий, старий, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ηλικιωμένος | άντρας, ενήλικας, ηλικιωμένος, μεγάλος, παππούς, σοφός, φαλακρός, χάνω μαλλιά |
| العربية (ar) | رجل عجوز | أشخاص, جد, جدو, رجل, سيدي, شخص, عجوز, كهل |
| עברית (he) | איש זקן | אדם, איש, בן, גבר, זקן, מבוגר |
| فارسی (fa) | پیرمرد | آدم, پیر, پیرمرد, صورت, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बूढ़ा पुरुष | गंजा, पुरुष, बुजुर्ग, बुद्धिमान, बूढ़ा पुरुष, लोग |
| বাংলা (bn) | বৃদ্ধ পুরুষ | দাদা, নানা, পুরুষ, বয়স্ক, বুড়ো, বৃদ্ধ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria tua | bijaksana, botak, kakek, laki-laki, lelaki, opa, pria, tua |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cụ ông | cụ ông, đàn ông, đầu hói, già, người lớn |
| ไทย (th) | ชายแก่ | คนแก่, ชาย, ชายแก่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | おじいさん | おじいさん, おじいちゃん, お年寄り, 男性, 老人, 薄毛, 顔, 高齢者 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 할아버지 | 남성, 남자, 노인, 늙은, 대머리, 머리가 빠지는, 성인, 할아버지, 현명한 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 老爷爷 | 祖父, 秃头, 老人, 老头, 老爷爷 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 老爺爺 | 有智慧, 祖父, 老爺爺, 老頭, 臉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): ou man
- Akan (ak): akwakora
- Albanian (sq): burrë i moshuar
- Amharic (am): ሽማግሌ
- Armenian (hy): տարեց մարդ
- Assamese (as): বয়ষষ্ঠ মানুহ
- Azerbaijani (az): yaşlı kişi
- Bashkir (ba): ҡарт ир
- Basque (eu): aitona
- Belarusian (be): дзядуля
- Bosnian (bs): starac
- Breton (br): gwaz kozh
- Bulgarian (bg): старец
- Burmese (my): သက်ကြီး အမျိုးသား
- Cantonese (yue): 老伯伯
- Catalan (ca): home gran
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏛᏐᏅ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 老人
- Chuvash (cv): ватӑрах арҫын
- Croatian (hr): starac
- Czech (cs): starý muž
- Danish (da): gammel mand
- Estonian (et): eakas mees
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): idoso
- Faroese (fo): gamal maður
- Filipino (fil): matandang lalaki
- Finnish (fi): vanha mies
- Galician (gl): vello
- Georgian (ka): მოხუცი კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): વૃદ્ધ પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): dattijo
- Hungarian (hu): idős férfi
- Icelandic (is): eldri maður
- Igbo (ig): okenye nwoke
- Irish (ga): seanfhear
- Javanese (jv): wong tuwa lanang
- Kalaallisut (kl): gammel mand
- Kannada (kn): ಮುದುಕ
- Kazakh (kk): қарт
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قارت
- Khmer (km): បុរសចំណាស់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umusaza
- Konkani (kok): जाणटो मनीस
- Kyrgyz (ky): абышка
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ri’j achi
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍເຖົ້າ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): hombre mayor
- Latvian (lv): vecs vīrietis
- Lithuanian (lt): senas vyras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): staršy muski
- Luxembourgish (lb): ale Mann
- Macedonian (mk): старец
- Malay (ms): lelaki tua
- Malayalam (ml): വൃദ്ധൻ
- Maltese (mt): raġel xiħ
- Marathi (mr): वृद्ध पुरूष
- Mongolian (mn): ахимаг насны эрэгтэй хүн
- Māori (mi): koroua
- Nepali (ne): बूढो छोरामान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Óld Man
- Northern Sotho (nso): mokgalabje
- Norwegian (no): eldre mann
- Odia (or): ବୃଦ୍ଧ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): jaarsa
- Pashto (ps): زوړ سړی
- Punjabi (pa): ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗ ਆਦਮੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بڈھا بندا
- Quechua (qu): hatun tata
- Romanian (ro): bătrân
- Romansh (rm): um vegl
- Sardinian (sc): òmine antzianu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bodach
- Serbian (sr): старац
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): starac
- Shan (shn): ပူႇထဝ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): پوڙهو ماڻهو
- Sinhala (si): වයසක මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): starší muž
- Slovenian (sl): starec
- Somali (so): nin da’ weyn
- Swahili (sw): babu
- Tajik (tg): марди пир
- Tamil (ta): வயதான ஆண்
- Telugu (te): ముసలాయన
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣረጊት ሰብኣይ
- Tongan (to): motuʻa
- Tswana (tn): monnamogolo
- Turkmen (tk): goja
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): stary muž
- Urdu (ur): بوڑھا آدمی
- Uyghur (ug): بوۋاي
- Uzbek (uz): chol
- Welsh (cy): hen ddyn
- Wolof (wo): màgget gu góor
- Xhosa (xh): indoda endala
- Yoruba (yo): Agbalagba Ọkunrin
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Agbalagba Ɔkunrin
- Zulu (zu): ikhehla

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F474` |
| HTML | `👴` |
| CSS | `\1F474` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F474}` |
| Python | `\U0001F474` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 B4` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC74` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%B4` |

## Questions

### What does the 👴 old man emoji mean?

An elderly man, usually drawn with white or gray hair. It shows up for grandfathers and older men, and jokingly when someone feels old, is set in their ways or is acting like a grumpy grandpa.

### How do I type the 👴 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “old man”. 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 :older_man:.

### When was the 👴 emoji added?

👴 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F474. In HTML you can write 👴, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F474}.

### 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/old-man-emoji