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👦 Boy
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👦 Emoji meaning
A little rascal! Childhood, family, immature behavior.
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👦 Meaning
Male child, between eight and twelve years old. Is related to children, childhood and family. Can also be used to signal that someone is behaving childishly.
Examples
- Is that your son? 👦
- What a cheeky little guy! 👦
- The little boy is playing outside. 👦
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Child vs boy; both youthful with short hair, used generally for kids.
Variants
Skin tones
Boy
Boy: light skin tone
Boy: medium-light skin tone
Boy: medium skin tone
Boy: medium-dark skin tone
Boy: dark skin tone
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Boy” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ bright-eyed + child + grandson + kid + son + younger
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ boy + young
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords removed
- boy
