The family: man, woman, boy emoji is the classic nuclear-family portrait squeezed into a tiny square: dad + mom + their kiddo. It pops up when people post about parenting wins (or chaos), school pickups, holiday plans, and those "we did a thing" photo dumps. Itโs also meme-fuel for group chatsโused to label the mom friend, the dad friend, and the resident agent of chaosโaka the โsonโ who never texts back. Expect it in wholesome captions, but also in ironic posts dragging corporate emails that say โweโre a family hereโ (red flag energy).
On Apple devices, youโll recognize the clean, front-facing busts: two adults in the back row with soft smiles and simple dot eyes, and a smaller boy centered slightly in front like a school-picture day MVP. The styling is bright and friendly with flat shading; the man is often in a blue-ish top, the woman in a pink or purple hue, and the boy in a cheerful green or yellowโno background, just that iconic three-person lineup. People use it for PTA announcements, minivan life jokes, "family meeting at 7" threats, and Sunday-dinner roll call. It can also stand in for โthe famโ (real or chosen), as well as cheeky captions about carpool-lane tomfoolery and Costco-size snack runs.
Definition
A family, or group of people that are related by birth, marriage, and/or live together. Families are generally thought of as including two adults with at least one child. However, there are many different types of families, some with as few as two people and some with many people, including many generations of family members.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 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)
1176 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:family:
Keywords
Family, Mother, Father, Child, Girl, Boy, Group, Unit
Previous Names:
Family Family: Man, Woman, Boy family family: man, woman, boy
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300โ1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Portrait and Role Symbols
Editorial Comment
Often used when the family is on the mind, such as when away from your family on travel.
