The child emoji is the internet’s catch‑all kiddo: a gender‑neutral youngster used for everything from proud‑parent updates to calling out someone’s ‘acting like a child’ moment. It pops up in texts about babysitting shifts, school pickups, first-day-of-class photos, and any post radiating wholesome, PG energy. Online, it also goes ironic—people drop it when someone’s take is immature, or when they’re playfully dodging responsibility with a dramatic “pls I’m a smol child” vibe. In gaming chats, it can read as a light roast (“easy there, kid”), while in therapy-speak corners of TikTok it pairs with “inner child” healing and nostalgia.
On Apple devices, the emoji shows a front-facing head-and-shoulders child with short hair, simple round eyes, and a soft, neutral smile—clean shading, friendly lines, and a brightly colored top that keeps the vibe sweet and approachable. You’ll recognize the straightforward pose and the cheerful, non-threatening expression instantly; it supports skin tone modifiers for more accurate representation. Think of it as the emoji equivalent of snack time and crayons: earnest, cute, and instantly wholesome, but just ironic enough to spice up a clapback without going full savage.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1326 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 |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 11 - 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) | 1f9d2 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D2 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129490 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x92 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A7 92 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 247 222 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDD2 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd2 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56786 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D2 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D2 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129490 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D2" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x92" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDD2" |
