👪 Family
👪 Emoji meaning
We’re starting a family! Bonding, togetherness, and family celebrations.
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👪 Meaning
Can refer to the classical constellation of father, mother, child(ren), or to a close relationship within the family. You start a family or are invited to a party in the inner circle.
Examples
- Family time is the best. 👪
- We're all together again! 👪
- Is everything okay with you guys? 👪
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Children crossing vs family; both associated with children and families, used near schools or family topics.
ZWJ Sequence
Generic family vs man-woman-girl family; both show family units, child count and genders are details.
Family vs family with two children; most users treat them as just ‘family’ regardless of exact members.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Family” 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 added
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
