This emoji is the digital family photo of a man with two boys—aka "dad and the boys" energy. It pops up in texts to show single-dad life, big-bro vibes, uncles on babysitting duty, or any situation where one adult is shepherding two tiny agents of chaos. People also use it humorously for weekend carpool, youth soccer sidelines, or the classic “me with my nephews tearing up the living room” post. In meme world, it doubles as the wholesome counterpart to “the boys” joke formats—same energy, less Red Bull and fewer questionable dares.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a clean, front-facing trio: rounded yellow faces, small neutral smiles, simple dot eyes, and tidy hair, all grouped shoulder-to-shoulder with bright T-shirt colors (think primary blues/greens). The vibe is straight-on passport portrait—no background, no props, just that tidy Apple vector polish. You’ll instantly recognize the close, symmetrical cluster and the calm expressions that say, “Everything’s fine,” even if someone just put crayons in the toaster. Skin tone options exist on many platforms, but the default is classic emoji yellow.
Use it sincerely to caption Father’s Day pics, family updates, or proud-parent moments. Drop it ironically when you’re clearly not qualified to manage two gremlins but somehow got promoted to Head Chaperone. It can even label group chats for weekend plans with the kiddos or stand in for “Guys’ night… but make it PG.”
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1838 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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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👨👦👦 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 5 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👨👦👦 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👨 ‍ 👦 ‍ 👦 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👨 ‍ 👦 ‍ 👦 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f468, 200d, 1f466, 200d, 1f466 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F466, U+200D, U+1F466 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128104, 8205, 128102, 8205, 128102 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA6, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A6, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 246, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 246 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC66, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC66 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc68, 200d, d83ddc66, 200d, d83ddc66 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56424, 8205, 55357 56422, 8205, 55357 56422 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F466 0x0000200D 0x0001F466 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F468, 200D, 01F466, 200D, 01F466 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128104, 8205, 128102, 8205, 128102 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F466\u200D\U0001F466" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa6\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83D\uDC66\u200D\uD83D\uDC66" |