family: man, man, girl, girl

Information

This emoji is the digital snapshot of a family with two dads and two daughters—wholesome, inclusive, and instantly expressive. People drop it into texts when talking about co-parenting wins, adoption milestones, school pick-ups, playdates, or just the delightful chaos of bedtime routines. It shows up a lot in Pride Month captions and rainbow-family bios, doubling as a tiny banner for LGBTQ+ visibility. It can also stand in for “our little squad” when two guys are watching their nieces and pretending they’ve got it all together.

On Apple/iOS, you’ll see four front-facing figures grouped tightly: two adult men with simple dot eyes and soft smiles, and two smaller girls nestled between them. Expect bright, flat shirt colors (often blues and purples with kid-friendly pops), clean lines, no props, and that classic neutral Apple background. The tight clustering and tiny smiles make it recognizable even at small sizes.

Online, it’s used unironically for family pride and very ironically for “we fixed the Wi‑Fi once, therefore we’re the dads now.” Expect it in captions like “carpool secured,” “dad jokes unlocked,” or after a Costco haul that screams suburban legend.

Disqus Leave a comment!

Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 8.3 update.
In iOS 8.3 this emoji was now available using a ZWJ sequence. Emoji sequences are combinations of emojis to represent a single emoji image. Each character is joined with the previous using "Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) characters and are required for the emoji to be interpreted correctly.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	1836 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
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
Keywords
Previous Names:	Family of Two Men with Two Girls

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 8 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	👨‍👨‍👧‍👧
UTF-8 Character Count	7
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	👨‍👨‍👧‍👧
Decimal HTML Entity	👨 ‍ 👨 ‍ 👧 ‍ 👧
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	👨 ‍ 👨 ‍ 👧 ‍ 👧
Hex Code Point(s)	1f468, 200d, 1f468, 200d, 1f467, 200d, 1f467
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F467, U+200D, U+1F467
Decimal Code Point(s)	128104, 8205, 128104, 8205, 128103, 8205, 128103
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA7, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A7, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 247, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 247
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC67, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC67
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddc68, 200d, d83ddc68, 200d, d83ddc67, 200d, d83ddc67
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56424, 8205, 55357 56424, 8205, 55357 56423, 8205, 55357 56423
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F467 0x0000200D 0x0001F467
UTF-32 Hex	01F468, 200D, 01F468, 200D, 01F467, 200D, 01F467
UTF-32 Dec	128104, 8205, 128104, 8205, 128103, 8205, 128103
Python Src	u"\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F467\u200D\U0001F467"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa7\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa7"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83D\uDC67\u200D\uD83D\uDC67"