The baby angel is the internet’s resident cherub—summoning instant innocence, sweetness, and that “Who, me?” energy. People drop it after mildly chaotic behavior to feign purity (aka the classic I did nothing wrong 👼 move), or to gush over someone who’s being adorable, wholesome, or soft. It shows up in baby announcements, Christmas captions, and memorial tributes, but also in flirty DMs when you’re serving Cupid-core. Basically: halo on, alibi pending.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a front-facing cherubic baby head with a tiny blond tuft, rosy cheeks, and a golden halo floating above. Little white wings peek from the sides, giving that classic cherub silhouette; the shading is soft and glossy, super pastel, very “clouds and harp music.” Other platforms tweak hair color and wing visibility, but that halo-plus-baby-face combo is the instantly recognizable tell.
Culturally, it nods to Renaissance cherubs (hello, Raphael’s daydreaming angels) and rides the coquette/angelcore/Y2K aesthetic wave across TikTok and Pinterest. Stan culture uses it for idols labeled “my precious baby angel,” while meme lords deploy it for ironic innocence and softboy energy. Around Valentine’s, it morphs into mini-Cupid for matchmaking schemes; in tender moments, it reads guardian-angel vibes. Pair with sparkles, clouds, or doves for maximum heaven-core drama—or use it after a harmless roast to say, “I’m just a lil guy, Your Honor.”
Definition
A cute little white winged angel with curly hair and a blue halo. Cupid? iEmoji old name: An Angel.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
848 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:angel:
Keywords
Baby, Angel, Halo, Cupid, Wings
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Fairy Tale Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Fairy Tale Symbols
Names & Annotations
BABY ANGEL Old name: CHERUB
Symbol Information
U+1F47C proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1AF
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[天使]
KDDI
#344 天使 U+E5BF SJIS-F7EF JIS-7871
Softbank
#296 #old78 天使 U+E04E SJIS-F98F
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e04e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E04E
Decimal Code Point(s)
57422
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x81 0x8E
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 81 8E
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 201 216
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE04E
UTF-16 Hex
e04e
UTF-16 Dec
57422
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E04E
UTF-32 Hex
E04E
UTF-32 Dec
57422
Python Src
u"\uE04E"
PHP Src
"\xee\x81\x8e"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE04E"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
👼
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
👼
Decimal HTML Entity
👼
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
👼
Hex Code Point(s)
1f47c
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F47C
Decimal Code Point(s)
128124
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xBC
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 BC
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 274
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC7C
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc7c
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56444
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F47C
UTF-32 Hex
01F47C
UTF-32 Dec
128124
Python Src
u"\U0001F47C"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\xbc"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC7C"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
