The old woman: medium-dark skin tone emoji brings instant grandma energy—equal parts wise, warm, and a little bit sassy. People drop it when talking about their nana/abuela/lola, shouting out family matriarchs, or channeling that “I’ve seen some things” calm. It’s also perfect for self-deprecating moments: me going to bed at 9:12 PM, my knees after one flight of stairs, or when you start a sentence with “Back in my day…” unironically. It can read tender, respectful, or playfully shady depending on the vibe of the convo.
On social, it doubles as a reaction when someone complains about “kids these days,” when you’re done with the group chat chaos, or when you serve gentle auntie-level wisdom with a side of tea. People also use it to celebrate grandmas who absolutely stay booked and busy—baking, knitting, power-walking the mall, and delivering elite life advice. It’s a go-to for “call your grandma” reminders and for cozy, cottagecore “grandma-core” aesthetics.
On Apple/iOS, she’s a front-facing head-and-shoulders portrait with a medium-dark complexion, soft round eyes, and a subtle, kind smile. Her hair is white-gray and neatly swept back—often into a tidy bun—and she wears a purple top that makes the look instantly recognizable in a message thread. No glasses, no fuss; the shading is gentle and the expression is classic “sweet but knows all the family secrets.” Across platforms the styling may shift, but the vibe stays pure legend: the grandma who “bakes, prays, and reads you for filth (lovingly).”
The Older Woman emoji combined with the Darker Brown flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the darker brown skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3578 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Deeper Brown Older Woman |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👵🏾 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👵🏾 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👵 🏾 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👵 🏾 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f475, 1f3fe |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F475, U+1F3FE |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128117, 127998 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB5, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 B5, F0 9F 8F BE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 265, 360 237 217 276 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC75, 0xD83C 0xDFFE |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc75, d83cdffe |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56437, 55356 57342 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F475 0x0001F3FE |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F475, 01F3FE |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128117, 127998 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F475\U0001F3FE" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xb5\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbe" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC75\uD83C\uDFFE" |
