The older person emoji is your go-to for grandparent vibes, old-soul moments, and those times your knees make a noise that sounds like dial-up internet. It’s a neutral-gender elder with gray or white hair and a calm, kind expression—perfect for saying “I feel 97 after one workout” or “respect your elders” with a wink. People use it affectionately for actual grandparents, ironically when turning 25 suddenly feels ancient, and comedically for back-in-my-day rants, boomer-energy jokes, or tech support sagas.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a front-facing bust with short gray hair, soft smile, and subtle wrinkle lines under the eyes and around the cheeks, shaded with Apple’s glossy gradients. The shirt is a simple, bright solid color and the pose is straight-on, no accessories—clean, emoji-classic. Those gentle eyes and tidy hair instantly read as “wise elder” rather than “grumpy grandpa,” which is why it works in wholesome texts and roast-y memes alike.
You’ll see it paired with cane, tea, or book emojis for storytime nostalgia, or tossed into birthday posts when someone joins the “30+ club” with dramatic flair. It can even be flirty in a silver-fox, aging-like-fine-wine kind of way, or used to playfully call a friend old for going to bed at 9 p.m. Basically, it’s the emoji equivalent of comfy cardigans, secret candy stashes, and life advice you didn’t know you needed.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1218 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: | Older Adult |
| 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) | 1f9d3 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D3 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129491 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x93 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A7 93 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 247 223 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDD3 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd3 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56787 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D3 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D3 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129491 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D3" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x93" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDD3" |
